Shredder is a program that will allow users to completely erase information of any kind from their hard drives.

Most people think when they delete a file and empty their recycling bin, the information is gone.  The fact is, the information has only been allocated as deleted and the space it resides is usable.  This means the information can still be retrieved.  Shredder eliminates this possibility and destroys files you delete permanently!

Shredder will allow you to completely destroy any information you no longer wish to have on your hard drive. Also, by wiping out "index.dat" from Temporary Internet Files, History, and Cookies, you will remain out of the consumer profilers lists. In addition, you will be able to wipe out any and all cookies, destroy History files completely, and even speed up your computer a bit by erasing Temporary Internet files from your hard drive by the thousands!

You probably own a paper shredder to shred old Credit Card bills, Credit Card applications you don't want, junk mail containing private information about yourself, and for any other documents you don't want falling into the wrong hands.  Isn't the data on your hard drive equally important as physical information you shred?  Of course it is.  Probably more important because electronic information is easier to retrieve.

If you've ever taken your computer in to have it serviced by a technician, you probably worry about the technician poking around your hard drive and snooping through your files.  Worry no more, shred your information before bringing your computer to a tech.

How Does Shredder Work?

Unlike deleting a file in Windows Explorer and then emptying the Recycling bin, which only allocates the space where the file resides as usable, Shredder uses the original file size as a template, overwrites the exact space where the file resides 5 times with random overlay encoded data and then deletes the file.  If in the event someone tries to recover the data, this someone will simply find random nonsense.  The shredded file will prove useless to this someone and leave he/she at a dead end.  

Don't be fooled into thinking files are erased when you delete them.  The recovery possibility always exists unless you actually over write the exact space with random data.

In addition, Shredder gives the user the ability to shred tens of thousands of files with the click of a button.  Most shredders simply clean up internet browser cache files and/or shred a single file at a time.  If you've ever tried shredding a file at a time, you know exactly what we mean.  Setting up a huge list and shredding files by the thousands is the only way to go.  Also, Shredder is very fast and shreds even very large files quickly!