BCWipe 3.11.6 is a Disk Cleanup product from jetico.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, BCWipe program enables you to confidently erase files that can never be recovered by an intruder. BCWipe embeds itself in Windows and can be activated from the Explorer FILE Menu OR from the context (right click) menu OR from a command-line prompt. BCWipe v.3 is a strong set of utilities which complies with options to invoke either the US Department of Defence (DoD) standard or the Peter Gutmann wiping scheme. You can also create and use your own customized wiping scheme to wipe sensitive information from storage devices installed on your computer.
BCWipe features:
* BCWipe v.3 allows you to wipe data using predefined DoD 5200.28-STD and Peter Gutmann wiping schemes and now includes the Wiping Scheme Editor utility to view and edit the number of wiping passes as well as binary patterns used in every pass. Now you can customize the entire wiping process on your computer.
* Swap File Encrypting Utility added.
* BCWipe v.3 includes a "Task Manager" enabling the user to schedule some wiping tasks automatically. For example, wipe free space on all your hard drives at midnight every Friday and use US DoD 5200.28-STD wiping standard for the process.
* Automatic wiping of Recently Used Files List. You can configure BCWipe Task Manager to remove all references to recently used files or only those in applications that you specify. For example, you can configure BCWipe to clear the list of recently opened MS Word documents. If another user opens Word the list of recently used files that normally appears in the File Menu will be empty. This is a useful feature in workgroups where sensitive accounting or personal information may be accessed.
* Wipe Special System Folders at Start Up. Windows creates Special System Folders for storing temporary Internet files, cookies and so on. Such folders can't be deleted or wiped in the usual way, because the operating system keeps them locked. You can configure BCWipe Task Manager to automatically wipe selected folders when they are not locked, i.e. when Windows starts up.
* Hibernation File wiping. The Hibernation File supports the transition of the computer to the hibernation state. At that time the system copies all the data stored in RAM, including opened critical documents, to the Hibernation File. To avoid a possible security leak you can configure BCWipe to wipe the Hibernation File regularly.
* BCWipe v.3 recognizes and properly shreds alternate data streams in files, created on NTFS disks in Windows NT/2000/XP operating systems.
* The wiping process can be configured to perform additional actions, for example creating a log file, shut the computer down or log off the current user.
* Improved wiping performance in BCWipe v.3. It now works at least 10% faster than previous versions.
* Ability to Skip files and directories which do not require treatment during 'Wipe file slacks' process. The license of this file & disk software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this File & Disk software.