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So. How are you guys doing today? Great I hope. Guess what? What was that? Sorry I did not hear you, can you repeat it one last time? …No the moon is not made of cheese – but nice try. Don’t worry I have something better to tell you about then a cheesy moon: another dotTech.org exclusive freebie =). Yes you heard (read) me correctly; with the ever gaining popularity of dotTech.org (thank you all for being constant visitors – long live tasty pizza dotTech.org) developers are more and more willing to promote their software on dT. Last time it was software from YL-Computing; this time it is software from EAST Technologies.
I am sure many of you have heard of the name “East-Tec” before; I am sure many of you have even used their software before. For the people who fall into either of the previous categories there is no need for explanation: you know first hand the top notch quality of East-Tec software. If you have never heard of East-Tec before nor experienced their software no worries; you can check them out for yourself now: today I am here to tell you about dotTech exclusive freebie of full free unlimited license to East-Tec Eraser 2008!
East-Tec Eraser is a program that allows you to securely delete files, data and user activity from your computer. You see usually when you delete something on your computer, it is not truly “deleted” in the sense that there are ways for the data to be retrieved. East-Tec Eraser allows you to delete files/data/user activity using secure erasing methods that make it near impossible for others to retrieve what you deleted.
The best way I would describe East-Tec Eraser is CCleaner + Heidi’s Eraser into one program. With East-Tec Eraser not only can you securely delete individual files and folders but you can also protect your privacy by securely deleting your Windows (applications/programs, email, P2P, etc.) data and Internet (almost all browsers are supported – including Chrome and Opera) activity. To help you with the former task, East-Tec Eraser has an easy to use interface where you can add multiple files and folders at once to delete; you also have the ability to add entries in your right click context menu. To help you with the later task, East-Tec Eraser has a built in application detector that will detect all the possible applications that it can erase the activity history from automatically; if East-Tec Eraser does not find a particular application that you use, you have the ability to add custom programs (by designating files, folders or registry entries) to delete the history from.
East-Tec Eraser boasts the ability to erase anything using methods from a normal erase to a Gutmann wipe (35 pass) and everything in between, including methods that match and surpass US Department of Defense 5220.22-M standards. Heck if you don’t like any pre-configured secure erasing methods you have the ability to create/define your own also (if you custom created method to securely erase files/data becomes popular and you become rich and famous, I expect royalties).
Additionally, you can use East-Tec to securely erase files/data/user activity that you previously deleted or use the built in disk wiper to securely wipe any hard drives (internal or external – including USB/flash drives) or select partitions.
There are still a few features that I have not even mentioned but I think you get the point: East-Tec Eraser kicks ***. I am sure you just want me to shutup and tell you how to get East-Tec Eraser 2008. To get East-Tec Eraser 2008 (full free unlimited license):
Supported OS: Windows Vista, XP, Server 2003, 2000, NT, ME, and 98.
Windows 7 is not officially supported in East-Tec Eraser 2008 but it seems to work on Win7.
- Download East-Tec Eraser 2008 by clicking here.
Note: This is a dotTech.org exclusive offer. You may not copy, paste, or reprint this download link or upload the installation file anywhere else including private or public forums, blogs, file hosting services, etc. If you want to spread information about this offer, you may link to it by providing a permalink to your audience.
- Install East-Tec Eraser 2008 and run it. ***It is recommended for Windows Vista users to install as Administrator (and run as Administrator if you have any permission errors).
- You should see a “Reminder” window. On the window there is a “Free Registration” button. Click it:
- The registration page will open in your browser window. Fill out the proper information (registration name + email) and hit “Submit”.
Note: This is a dotTech.org exclusive offer. You may not copy, paste, or reprint the registration page link/URL anywhere else including private or public forums, blogs, etc. If you want to spread information about this offer, you may link to it by providing a permalink to your audience.
- Go check the inbox of the email you entered. You should have an email from “EAST Technologies Support <support@east-tec.com>” with the subject “Confirmation required for your dotTech.org registration of East-Tec Eraser 2008″. If you can’t find the email be sure to check your junk/spam box. In the email there is a link. Click on/visit the link. You will be brought to a page that gives you the option to either upgrade to East-Tec Eraser 2009 for $15 or grab the registration key for East-Tec Eraser 2008 for free. To grab the free key, scroll down and click on “Get Free Key!”:
- The next page will display your registration name and registration key:
Copy the key.
***Note: If you ever lose the key, just go back to the email you were sent and click on the link again to get the key back.
- If you left East-Tec Eraser open, go back to it. If you did not, run it. There should be “Enter Key…” at the bottom left:
Click on it, enter your registration name and registration key, hit “OK” and you are good to go.
- Enjoy.
Grats. If you have any problems please post below – I will try to help.
P.S. Similar to WinUtilities 6.2, East-Tec Eraser 2008 is not the latest version; 2009 is the latest version. If you enjoy East-Tec Eraser 2008 and find it to be a useful program, you can purchase East-Tec Eraser 2009 for $15 (normal price is $50 so you are getting a $35 discount). For literally pocket change ($15) you will get the latest version of an excellent software and 2 years of free updates/upgrades (in other words you will be able to download East-Tec Eraser 2010 and 2011 over the course of two years – keep in mind that the full free version of East-Tec Eraser 2008 offered to you here does not include free upgrades). And for people wondering: no dotTech is not receiving any commission what-so-ever from East-Tec.
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Overdid the first paragraph much? :P Thanks for the great deal, though.
Nahhhhhhhhhhhhh – I am just getting started :)
What would be the rule of thumb for wiping free space?Once a month???
There is no rule of thumb. It depends on how comfortable you are and if you think other people will look/search your computer.
FYI, All programs that destroy files in “free space” use that free space to destroy the files. They create temp files which show your free space disappearing as the process is working and then delete the temps after the process is done. So …. it’s normal to get a low disk space warning at times from your OS when the process is working. Just ignore it. Paul
PAUL:
Thank you for explaining a stumper of a question.
This site just keeps getting better. Even the comments are enjoyable and educational because we learn BEFORE the problem what some of you guys are experiencing. Thanks again to Ashraf. Very nice person.
I agree this is a great site!
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Wait, what?
I can’t see the name of the oldest article because it can’t find the last page of the home page.
After reading your review on Privacy Guardian, I couldn’t wait to get this one instead. It installed and registered just find on XP sp3, but now I am afraid to run it because ZoneAlarm Security Suite says that it has the Win32.Trojan.Dropper.Delf.65 malware of medium risk and thus it recommends quarantine at a bare minimum or deletion if that fails. So what do I do now, go back to Privacy Guardian? Is this program put out by somebody involving in making trojans or is it just a case of a false positive due to similarity in code that was not caught during testing?
I can promise you East-Tec Eraser contains no trojans, viruses, malware or any other crapware. It is just a false positive.
I’ve used it since the review and have loved it’s performance, once I got over the shock of seeming to loose all my free space. It all magically returned when it finished. I could wish for it to work faster, but it couldn’t run better. Thanks again.
Just wanted to relate my experience. Installed East-Tec, started scan, it aborted with an error message. Attempted it again, finally my hard drive was completely full, couldn’t restore, defrag, open programs. Finally, didn’t even have enough disc space to uninstall East-tec. Am reformatting my laptop. That probably do the job East-tec was trying to do anyway :)
I’m not sure what error you encountered, but the Eraser needs to fill the entire drive to operate properly. When it finishes, all your free space is restored, with no traces of left over fragments from old files.
@Emrys: I thought as much myself. But I just couldn’t seem to get it past that full drive point. It just giving the error message and it would go no further. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, same problem. but the full HD prevented me from even unstalling it the second time Eventually, I couldn’t load windows. Kept getting a blue screen – something about, shutting computer down before it was damaged. I’m not upset. The job I was trying to accomplish really needed a complete recover. I just mentioned it because the developers might like to know it happened for future reference. (sorry I didn’t record all the error messages)
@Larry: Well, I’m sorry, Larry; I have no idea what gorked up. Mine ran fine on both Vista and XP.
Dear Ashraf,
Thanks for the post. Could you please help me to post the above in Zip format. I can’t download .exe file.
Thanks
@lee Xiao:
Unfortunately Ashraf is taking a leave of the duty for a vacation. I have semi-taken over, but wasn’t given permission to do anything but write reviews, unfortunately. You may want to email the maker of the software to post it in a .ZIP file.
@Paul Ian: Really? Whered’d you get the code from?
Also, this wasn’t modified- click the download link then right click the file in the download manager (firefox) or see where it’s downloading from (Google Chrome) (IE) and you’ll see it’s from their website.
Furthermore, I truly doubt Ashraf is selling Emails- I wouldn’t write for this site if he did. Sorry for all your troubles, and I hope they haven’t caused any permanent damage!
Hi. Is the freebie offer closed? The link isn’t working.
Thanks
@PTLdom: I fixed the link. It works now.
@Ashraf: :) many txks
@Ashraf:
Here is the technical reason why you may be “loosing” free space during a wipe.
When a file is deleted on the disk only a pointer to the file is actually removed. The file still exists on your disk. (hense the need to wipe free space!)
Without getting to technical, to completely remove the file AND the information about the file (metadata) you create another file that overwrites the entire file. You then overwrite this temp file according to the erasing algorithm. Then you delete the temp file and anyone looking at you drive will only fine the remains of the junk temp files.
Long story short, most free space wipers work by filling the free space with junk then deleting the junk. So while they are running your free space will decrease as the program fills it with temp files. The last thing the program does is delete the temp files and *presto* your “free space” is resotored.
Hi Ashraf and everyone
My pc says Thank you very much Ashraf and East Tec because you have cured it of a bloated tummy!
35Gb returned from the death of a thousand shadow copies and the valley of deleted but not erased files and folders.
Imagine that just one clean Disk wipe by Eraser and I’ve gained back 35 pristine Gb.
Not a bad toy this one in fact I give it 10/10
Thanks Ashraf!
Another top notch freebie.
had old version and want let me install without upgrade.It was unistalled but still stops me from this install. Sends me to website when I click on upgrade. but did install the older version just cant use.
Any suggestions. I think I will try out win6.2
thanks for your work here.
What is the differences between 2008 and the newer versions? I just want to know if it’s worth spending the 15 bucks or not. Thanks for all of your hard work Ashraf we all appreciate it and would be lost without it.