System Purifier 3.3
Description by the Software Developer:"Jitbit System Purifier is an all-in-one file shredder, privacy eraser, disk cleaner, startup-manager and registry optimizer.
File shredder - permanently erase files.
A file shredder AKA "file eraser" securely deletes files from your hard disk. Files erased with System Purifier are physically deleted and cannot be recovered or "undeleted" with disk recovery tools. Use it to completely erase critical information from your disk. System Purifier is fully integrated with the Windows shell: erase files from any windows-compatible file manager (e.g. Windows Explorer) using a context-menu.
Privacy eraser - erase your activity tracks.
System Purifier protects privacy by cleaning up the tracks of your Internet activities and computer activities. Built-in privacy eraser module contains multiple eraser tools like: IE address box typed URLs eraser, Recent Documents folder eraser, temporary (temp) folders cleaner, internet history eraser, web browser's cache eraser, IE forms auto-complete cleaner, open/save dialog history eraser, FireFox cache cleaner and many many more.
Junk file cleaner (disk cleaner).
Junk file cleaner scans your drives for unwanted useless and temporary files, left by various applications. Use junk file cleaner to free disk space and optimize system performance.
Startup manager.
System Purifier has a tool to control windows startup programs. Find out what software starts automatically on boot, review the list and delete the unnecessary items."
Unregistered version limitations: Nag screen.
Softoogle's Review of System Purifier 2.65 September 28, 2006
Despite being an "all-in-one file shredder, privacy eraser, disk cleaner, startup-manager and registry optimizer," System Purifier lacks quite a number of features found in other similar applications. According to the program's manual, "System Purifier physically erases your critical files, by overwriting the portion on the hard drive that is allocated to the files several times", which means that the program does not let you specify the number of passes, nor does it give you the option to choose the method whereby to erase your sensitive data (DoD, Gutmann etc). According to the manual, "An erased file can still be recovered with recovery tools, but the recovered file will be filled with zeroes or junk unreadable data." That's not enough. A high-quality shredder would make the file totally disappear from the system, leaving no traces of its ever having been there.
Recommended download:
R-Wipe & Clean - powerful and feature-rich software to erase your sensitive data.