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License
Agreement |
This
section covers the terms and conditions of the single user license
agreement. |
Disclaimer |
This
section is our disclaimer as to Shredder's use, misuse and liability. |
Introduction
to Shredder |
This
section will familiarize you with the purpose and intent of Shredder as well
as provide you with a basic understanding of what Shredder can and cannot
do. |
The
Interface |
This
section covers the layout of the interface and what each area of the interface
is for. |
Buttons
and Menus |
This
section what the buttons and menus do, as well as how to gain access to certain
hidden menus. |
Tutorials |
This
section contains several tutorials.
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Important
Information |
This
section covers the important things you should know about the finality of
shredding files, "index.dat" issues and other important issues. |
Shredder
License Agreement |
Shredder v1.2 License
Agreement
"This software" refers
to Shredder v1.2 where applied unless otherwise specified.
By purchasing and
installing this software you agree to all the terms and conditions of the
agreement herein:
Single User
License
As the purchaser of this
software you are granted a single user license.
By installing this software
to your hard drive you agree to the following terms. As a single
user you shall:
a) Use this software
for one user on a single computer.
b) Never transfer this
software to another user's computer. This means that you shall not give a
copy to a friend, co-worker, family member or anyone else. You as the purchaser
alone are the only one entitled to use this sofware. If you transfer, email
as an attachment, upload to another user, make copies for distribution or
duplicate this software in anyway, you are guilty of software piracy. This
shall be considered a direct violation of Joseph Weierheiser's Copyright
of this software. Anyone found committing such an act of piracy or violating
the copyrights of this software in any way shall be prosecuted to the maximum
extent of the law.
c) Respect the disclaimer
provided with this software as it is sold and distributed as is. Refer to
the disclaimer document found in the second section of this help
document.
d) Never use this software
for illegal activities such as conspiracy to commit a crime, or any
other form of illegal activities.
This single user license
agreement does not apply to those that have purchased a copy of the Shredder
v1.2 Commercial Site License. A commercial site license may be obtained
by calling (727) 375-8163 or requesting Site License information via email
by contacting cronos@cronoslogic.com.
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Shredder v1.2
Disclaimer
By installing Shredder
v1.2 you fully agree to the terms and conditions of this disclaimer. If you
do not agree with this disclaimer, do not install this software. If you have
already installed Shredder v1.2 on your computer's hard drive, then
uninstall it if you disagree with this disclaimer.
Shredder v1.2 may be
refered to as "This software" or "the software" from time to time throughout
this document.
This software is sold
as is. CronosLogic cannot and does not warranty this software in any way.
If in the event a user of this software damages their computer whether through
the misuse of this software or by the software somehow being damaged, CronosLogic
shall be free from any and all liability from any such damages to data or
hardware.
This software is a tool
designed for the intent of maintaining private data as private by natural
persons and/or businesses. This software is not designed for criminals that
wish to plan and carry out illegal activities such as destruction of private
data. If in the event this software is used for any illegal activities,
CronosLogic cannot be held responsible in any way as our intent does not
promote such usage. CronosLogic cannot be held responsible for how this software
is used in any way as it is impossible to screen and filter out suspicious
users that wish purchase this software.
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| Shredder
is a serious tool that anyone can easily use to permanently destroy
files he/she no longer has use for on his/her computer. Why?
Most people believe that
when a file is sent to the Recycling bin and then the Recycling bin is emptied
out, the file is gone forever. The fact is, the file is not gone.
The space the file resides has simply been allocated as usable space
and the file can still be recovered with a few tricks. This means the
service tech repairing your computer could be sneaky and poke around
and look at what you've deleted. Or, a hacker could get into your hard
drive across the Internet and start poking around in your deleted
files. The possibilities for whom may be reviewing your deleted information
is nearly endless.
Because of this problem,
we have developed Shredder to aid computer users in wiping out files
they no longer require on their hard drives or floppy disks. The
government, corporations and countless people in the world shred their paper
documents. Is data any less important? Of course not! If
anything, computer files may be even more important.
Now that you know why
Shredder exists, you need to know the dangers.
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Shredding files
is permanent! Make sure you never want to use or recover
the files you shred!
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Your password is your
lifeline for Shredder. Make sure you change your password to something
you'll remember right away.
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DO NOT FORGET YOUR PASSWORD!
Be sure you write it down and keep it in a safe place.
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You should store your
password with your copy of Shredder. Keep them both under lock and
key. If someone has access to either of these items, he/she may be
able to wipe out data and do damage to information you may want to
keep!
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| The
first thing to understand about Shredder is the interface. Below is
a descriptive screen shot of the Shredder interface. Examine this screen
shot and then move onto the next section.
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Buttons
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This
button displays the Main Menu where you'll find the Help, About, and Password
changing features. |
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This
button displays the Refesh Menu where you have options to refresh all trees
or any specific tree. |
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This
button displays the File List Menu with options for opening, saving or clearing
the shredder cue list. |
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This
button displays the Shredding Menu with options for shredding a single file
from the list, or shreding all the files on the list. |
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This
button adds a single file from the currently selected file from the currently
checked tree. You may also add single files from any tree by simply
double-clicking on a file. |
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This
button removes the currently selected file from the shredder cue list. |
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There
are 4 of these buttons on the interface, one for each tree. This button
will allow you to add the entire contents of a currently selected folder
from the currently checked tree. |
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This
button will kill an empty folder from the Drive(s) tree. The folder
must be empty before it can be killed. |
Menus
Main Menu
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This
is the Main Menu. The options here are obvious and there is little need to
explain them. |
Refresh Menu
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This
is the Refresh Menu. The options here are obvious as well. Selecting
any of these options will reload the target tree. This means if you
have made any changes to your folders or files in another program while shredder
is running, you may want to refresh the tree(s) to update and display the
new files. |
File List Menu
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This
is the File List Menu. Here you may open a previously saved Shredder cue
list, save the cue list or clear the list. |
Shredding Menu
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This
is the Shredding Menu. Here you may chose to shred a single file, or
the entire list of files. |
Tree Menu
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This
is the Tree Menu found only in MSIE trees; Temporary Internet Files, History
and Cookies trees. This menu may only be accessed by right-clicking on either
a file or an empty folder selected in one of the aforementioned trees.
This menu is particularly
important because this is where you kill "index.dat" files. Killing
an index file does not really delete the file. instead, the index file is
overwritten numerous times with random data of the exact same byte size.
This corrupts the file and makes iti unusable. The next time
Windows is started, the index file will be deleted by Windows and a new template
index will be created. So, the index is essentially wiped out the same
as other files with the exception that Windows actually removes the file
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section contains several tutorials.
How to set-up a shred list.
Add files to the shred
list doing any of the following:
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Double-clicking single
files in any tree
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Selecting a file
in a tree and clicking the Add>> button.
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Selecting a folder containing
more than one file and click the Add Folder button.
Saving and opening a shred list for later use, and why
you would want to do so.
Saving a shred list
for later use may be very useful if you have data on your drive that
your are using temporarily. After you have set-up a shred list, simply click
on the File List button. When the menu appears, select the save shred file
option from the menu. When the file selector appears, enter and filename
and press save. Now the file may be opened later for quick
shredding.
Killing empty folders.
Killing empty folders
is saying the same as Remove Folder. To kill a folder using Shredder
you have two options. First, you may simply find and select the
empty folder in the drive tree and then press the Kill Folder button. Second,
you may find and select the empty folder in either the Temporary Internet
Files tree, the History Files tree or the Cookies tree, then right-click
on the emtpy folder and select the Kill Folder option from the pop-up
menu.
Wiping out the dreaded "index.dat" files for MSIE Temporary
Internet Files, History and Cookies.
Killing an index file
does not really delete the file. instead, the index file is overwritten numerous
times with random data of the exact same byte size. This corrupts the
file and makes iti unusable. The next time Windows is started, the
index file will be deleted by Windows and a new template index will be created.
So, the index is essentially wiped out the same as other files with
the exception that Windows actually removes the file after Shredder scrambles
it.
To kill an index.dat
file, simply select the index.dat file in any of the MSIE folders; Temporary
Internet Files, History Files or Cookies Files and then right-click on the
file. When the menu appears select the Kill File option.
Using Shredder with other browsers.
Shredder was specifically
designed to automatically work with MSIE 3.0 or greater. This does not mean
you cannot wipe internet files from other browser cache folders. It
simply means that you must use the Drive(s) tree to locate the cache folders
and shred the files. The next version of Shreder will support the four most
popular browsers, automatically.
Changing your password.
Changing your password
is an important thing to do, and it should be the first thing you do after
installing Shredder. To change your password simply click on the Main
Menu button and select the Change Shredder Password option. A prompt
will appear asking you to type in a new password. Your password may
be as short or as long as you wish. It would be a good idea to use
a short phrase or short sentence for your password. Be sure to write
down your pasword so you don't forget it! If in the event you do forget
your password, you will need to re-install Shredder to reset the password
to the default: shredder
Also, be sure to keep
your copy of Shredder in a safe place. You don't want anyone else to
have access to the installation CD as the program could be used to cause
damage.
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| 1)
Keep your password in a safe place!
2) Keep your Shredder
CD in a safe place as well!
3) Shredding files is
permanent, so be absolutely sure you never want to use the file(s) before
shredding them.
4) index.dat files are
corrupted by Shredder and reset with a small 32k template file by Windows.
The information is gone and cannot be retrieved. Just because
the file will still show up as existing does not mean it can be used or accessed.
The index.dat files are all protected from deletion, however, they
can be scrambled beyond repair by Shredder. Killing an index.dat file
is final. No need to be concerned.
5) Shredder is a powerful
tool, not a toy. Be sure you understand how to properly use Shredder
before attempting to actually shred any significant amount of data.
6) If you are on a network
and certain aspects of your system are permission based, you will need to
be either the SysAdmin or have permission to access files that have been
restricted. If you're having trouble gaining access to certain
files, ask your Network Administrator to set your permissions for
access.
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