Can someone post the free version and let me know where I can get it?

thanks it is great, work perfekt

@&%!...spammed by EAST Technologies! That is the *last* time I use any kind of non-throwaway email address to register for GOTD.

GOTD, love the free deals, and yeah I might buy some of the software down the road, but I will NEVER buy anything from someone who spams me.

I founded to of excellent performances, Thank you.

What an awesome program, but you really gotta' be careful with this..I deleted old programs that would not delete by me manually...
this program is really quick, so have to be careful what you click on...thanks for offering it. I love it...

Regarding comment #139, have you entered the name and key you have received? There is a link called Enter Key in the product, and you should click on it and enter the name and the key. If you have problems, and need more help, please send us an email to support@east-tec.com and we will assist you.

Second comment on this software. I installed this and it worked 1 time then stopped. The time period had expired so I couldn't re-install to use. I un-installed it. I AGREE with #126 - this is the fourth comment I have left on downloads and NONE have been posted. MCSE, MCDBA

I'm just gald that I can get a licensed software that can clean my tracks.

You really are wasting your time with this eraser type BS software.

I can guarantee you that that if you use any of this commercially available disk eraser software it wont actually delete anything, you may not be able to find what it deleted, but a computer forensics lab would be able to find everything.

The only way to make sure data on your hard disk is non recoverable is to physically destroy it and put it beyond use.

I downloaded and installed in the required time and attempted to get the free registration key but I never received an e-mail back.

excellent softwares

I down loaded this twice and neither time did it activate. I have sent the people an email asking for a new down load or an actavation key have not heard from them as of yet.: (

This really awesome ... Thanks

This is really awesome, thanks

Nice bit of software.
Been checking out GAOTD for a few months now, but couldn't see anything
worth while downloading.
This one is good.

Thanks.
;-)

Great piece of software! Thanks.

KUDOS #128 is on the ball. East-Tec I want to try your recovery tool too
Cheers

Regarding comment #114 (from user 'syrayes'), please send us an email message to support@east-tec.com and specify the email address you have used in the online form, and we will help you.

Really appreciates "GAOTD" team ! Another great software again! keep it UP up up up !!! Thks GAOTD!

GOATD,

You have a very strange and disappointing approach to censoring comments. Today you allowed a post with a disgusting reference to women and beastiality. When I sent a post complaining of it, you censored me.

Today's product is great but you do the client company a disservice. I enjoy my daily visits to this site, the products, the discussions and even the complaining. If you are not going to censor obscenity then do not censor those who speak against it.....Get a clue.

Wow! So many SMART people out there!!!

For all you others, this is a great program and will save you space and keep your privacy from getting into someones hands, if used properly.

Always see how the default sttings are before running though. DO NOT just run without seeing what is set up for it to do first. You will only regret it afterwards. And of course, backup, backup, backup all your important stuff before running any kind of program that can do this kind of stuff!!!

doesn't work on trs-80


duh!

#60 I agree with you, I have a personal laptop, windows xp and I have many site passwords saved in Firefox, so I really wouldn't want to risk a program that deletes them every time i run it. Great program but maybe more for an office computer than one you're the only one who uses.

I use Webroot Window Washer. I'm unsure whether or not to try this.

#109, Nope! Cuz it need to be activated during 24 hours period during Giveaway of the Day software like this one.

Thanks East tech. and GAOTD for this great program. To Din7, take it man.....

I use Steve Gould's free cleanup every week - yeah, I know it doesn't do all this, but I've also recently used other GAotD downloads and I'm feeling great about my hard drive right now. Nonetheless, I don't have a shredder on my laptop (because I only use it for writing articles) and this is tempting. I appreciate the support that's been offered by Ms. Preda.

I'm also reading other feedback, and am tempted to save this to my thumb drive to put on my mom's machine (before midnight). She's getting a new computer, courtesy of my brother, and I'd like to wipe her old drive before we donate it.

Thanks for the input, everyone. (It's also good to see download.com reviews - so much of the software on this site, I can't find on download.com!!)

cool product!

They should have started with East-Tec Backup 2007 in the very fist place.

Because using this type of program that erases data, there is an inherent risk to mess up something.

Therefore there is a great need for a backup program.

I will download and install today's offer, BUT wait for a good backup program to ensure maximum safety with my data.

#69: The problem you mention with Heidi Eraser occurred when a certain option in the wipe free space module was selected. According to the forum on Heidi's website, http://bbs.heidi.ie/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=465bc524b31f29b17d5575f9019ae3c3the problem was in versions 5.8 and 5.81, which have been removed. The newest version, 5.82, supposedly doesn't have the option in question.

#99: I agree that Sandboxie is a fantastic program. But I believe you are incorrect when you say that it erases your sandboxed data when you close the sandbox. The data is not erased, but merely deleted. To be completely safe, you'd need to erase the free space on your drive afterwards. See the discussion at http://www.techsupportalert.com/issues/issue132.htm#Section_0

downloaded with no problem, got key almost instantly. Kinda scared me because it cleared my desk top, and looked like it had started running on it's own. Rebooted and everything is fine, ran the program and works very very well. This is a real keeper for me. Using XP Pro.

Downloaded this morning still waiting for key

Thanks East tech. and GAOTD for this great program. I have been looking for something like this, this is a great offering. Thanks again!!!

I wanted to thank you this program cleaned up almost 1 gb of space on my hard drive

ok talking about security at the home user level. Well if you are concerned with the kind of information that stays in your pc's hard disk or that others may find, there are a few ideas I can think of:

1. you can use a cheap pc only for surfing the net to avoid having others prying into your private data, if you worry about that. If for example someone gets inside your pc, they cannot really find anything valuable as only the cheap system is infected and broken into.

2. you can change the hard disk or discard that pc altogether. Before you do that, make sure you have tried a few tips for erasing the data: (i) destroy the disk, burn it, scratch it, hammer it, torch it, do whatever it takes to make it unusable and the data untraceable; (ii) reformatting does not work, trust me, some top-of-the-line data recovery programs will retrieve information previously thought to have been deleted/erased/reformated. Before you throw any hard disk away it is wise to run one or two data recovery programs against the disk to ensure that nothing valuable or sensitive (or info that you don't want anyone to see) remains on the surface; (iii)you can also do repetitive copying of information so that old files/data are rewritten (have the disk rewritten with fictitious or unimportant data over and over again, then use the data erase programs as the one offered today and then reformat and then run the data recovery (professional) program), this way you know that the disk is absolutely blank, useless and nothing in it can be salvaged. Make sure you don't throw the disk in your (home or office) garbage but rather have it broken into pieces like when you remove the parts of a clock, then throw out the parts in different garbages (not at home or office).

Now, for security purposes, you should not store personal, sensitive or private information in your home pc. Rather, use a usb drive or other external storage devices, or pay storage space online for that matter (if you feel comfortable with that). I know that there are data retrieving companies that allow you to purchase, for example, 1 gig of space recovered. There are also companies who can provide data storage space. You can chose to keep private or personal info there or just keep it at another physical place that's safe, this way you'll avoid theft or unauthorized intrusion into or recovery of your privacy (say for example, your bank account #s and passwords, personal records, audio or photo files, copies of sensitive legal documents, business transactions, etc). You should also do regular backups to either disks,cds, dvds, usbs and other external storage devices.

Further, if you worry about internet intrusion, of course, you can have firewalls and internet security programs, there are many such as sygate, comodo, norton, panda, sunbelt personal firewall "kerio", etc.

Also, if you must keep your private data at hand, say in your pc hard disk, try using at least a file lock program. Here are a few "advancedfilelock", "conkeep", "storm" and "freehidefolder".
You can get them at www.download.com or www.filehippo.com There are programs that allow you to create virtual hard drives that you can then use as backup within your hard disk for example, and then hide the important files using the above programs. I've used these and believe me they work magic. Some are able to hide data into jpeg files, that way when they open the file they, for example, see a picture and not the hidden file inside. Keep the master password in a safe place (not inside your pc!). If someone enters your pc, chances are that they'll never see the hidden folders, files, and virtual drives.

For freeware undelete programs you can consider "ntfs undelete" (v0.92), "pc inspector", "undeleteplus" (v7), "recuva" (v1.1)[a new program from the makers of ccleaner] among others. Try running at least one such program on your hard disk to see what info comes up. You may chose to delete it using the strong professional delete programs like East-Tec Eraser, and then repeat the process all over again until nothing remains or can be retraced anymore.

There are many things you can do to prevent intrusion into and/or theft of your private data. But these tips should keep you on the safe side for the time being. Certainly, you can have antivirus and antispyware, addware and malaware programs running on memory actively. Update them frequently and run them regularly to ensure that no virus, trojans, worms or other malicious programs have intruded and/or are furtively operating in your system. You can also be creative and have a cheap pc running just for the purpose of watching your "main pc", this way you'll have double the protection, but that's tedious and more complicated/costly perhaps. Firewalls and internet security programs can be of help in controlling the ins and outs of your pc, informing you of what traffic enters and leaves through your ports, which are open and protected or not, blocking certain unknown programs and commands, etc. Moreover, you can go to many security web pages where they'll check your pc from their servers and then report on the vulnerability of your system for free. Try norton and other antivirus and spyware and addware web pages. Also, you can chose to use programs that allow you to surf invisibly or that tricker your ip address, thereby making your pc undetectable or leaving no traces when surfing. Morever, you can download McAfee SiteAdvisor to check the safety of the pages you are surfing through. If they show "green" then McAfee tells you they are safe, "red" is dangerous.

Finally, don't forget to do system backup and restore points, keeping your private data away from the pc as a precaution.

There are many other tricks and tips I can think of concerning internet and pc security, including booting from an external temporary os and locking your pc so that absolutely nothing enters/leaves it without your permission/knowledge ever. But for now I've given plenty. Taking these and other comments from users herein, I'm sure your data will be secured, protected against the threats affecting the pc world today.

Today's program East-Tec Eraser 2007 seems reliable. I tried it and it works fine. In my first try it did a thorough search of data after clicking the "erase deleted data". In fact, this program is so professional and advanced that I feared I might lose something valuable. Therefore, read all warnings and notices carefully before erasing anything!!! Nonetheless, the more of these security programs you have the more safe you'll feel. Just be careful with what you erase where and when.


I hope my information is to your benefit and useful.

I wish everyone a happy weekend

Until then,

From NYC

explorator

loveablecuteface@yahoo.com

Spot on old son, I was told this was the software to help an old man, true, true, true. Cheers.

If I SAVE this on a CD and later want to put on another home computer (Later date) .. Will it work? or any of the free programs?

Won't touch it.

I checked out the download.com comments and I'm pretty surprised that nobody seems to notice 2 things.

1) Several people have rightly remarked that bad comments will be more plentiful then good comments...which makes me wonder how come there are so many posts on there that are fawning and ever so similar to each other.

2) I'm also kind of curious and apprehensive that most of those 'nice' comments all compliment the company on the good customer support. Am I truly the only one to wonder why all those persons needed support if the program is that marvelous?

*shrug* prob' me just being paranoid...I tend to be when it involves anything security wise, which is why I swear by Sandboxie and Truecrypt. http://www.truecrypt.org/
Why run the risk permantely erasing the wrong thing...if you could just have it safely available but utterly secure from those that don't need access to it.

#41 Hempman PGP is perfectly legal to use outside the USA.
In 2000 the USA surrendered and stopped enforcing export restrictions on crypto software. This after that the source code of PGP was transfered to Europe in hardcopy where it was put on the internet undermining the silliness of the USA DOD

I've been using Eraser for. . . years.

It's freeware and has been consistently reliable.

It works with one-click when you run your mouse over any file: the contextual menu drops down and in addition to the usual Windows 'Delete' option, there is the word 'Erase'.

Up pops Eraser and according to how many data writes you want, off it goes. Stable. Simple. And it must be in use on several million computers by now, considering how long it's been out there.

And though CCleaner (also freeware) is great at what it does, it's certainly NOT of the standard of Eraser when it comes to, um, erasing something COMPLETELY.

This offering from East-Tec may well have abilities far beyond the humble freeware Eraser, and so will certainly suit users with heavy demands for data wiping.

Me, I just use Eraser as and when -- "mass" erasing isn't something I've ever needed nor undertaken. And it has never yet "wiped" a file which was recoverable afterwards.

Thanks GAOTD!! I have given this a try (like testing the temperature of the water with my toe) So far it's great smooth and so much improved than Evidence Eliminator which had crashed my Windows XP system after just one clean up which did forced me to reintall it all from scratch. So far I'm happier with this East-Tec Eraser 2007!!

Regarding #60 remarks....
Please make note, I am an average home user, not a business person doing business stuff on my computer. I collect recipes, screensavers and interesting free programs to play with, I write stories, play with tarot programs and install games that my grandson and I love to play. There is absolutely nothing on my computer that I would be worried about someone else seeing (though I did run into a big problem with porn popups once, lesbian sites mostly and THAT was embarassing, my husband teased me for weeks) and there never will be because I would always be afraid that someone much smarter than me...a million plus others...could hack into my computer and find it if they really wanted to. Now business stuff, that's something else entirely. Good luck and good overwriting!

Sorry, Alberto's comment is now #99.

Great thread today. Thoughtful, thorough reviews. Major questions. Major answers. Some questions left to chew on. Philosophy. A real debate! Important side issues discussed. Newbies received assistance. Good alternatives suggested, including completely different strategies to achieve security. Good humor... Good stuff.

Alberto (chanio), #96, said it all for me. Especially, "Security comes first from doing what must be done first." I also use Sandboxie consistently and Kubuntu occasionally. You take what you want and leave the rest. aka life. I understand that strategy.

As for East-Tec Eraser 2007, the Privacy Guard question is big for someone with my humble level of knowledge. I don't want, don't have, don't look at woman and horse pictures. (Actually, I do have pictures of my daughter riding her horse, but I assume that's different than what was referred to above.) So, for those two simple reasons, I won't download/use this program.

Windows 3.11?? Good grief!!!!! I am surprise to see the one who still using version 3.11 nowaday! 3.11 is for workstation version (similar to NT). Sigh, I never forget how I got my first job to install our clients on version 3.0 back in the day and now look at me, thanks to Windows version 3.0, 3.1, 3.11 where I got my own computer business.

This is a great piece of software, surprised they are giving it away for free

Sorry, the mentioned addresses are:
Sandboxie : http://sandboxie.com/
Knoppix : http://knopper.net/
Kubuntu : http://kubuntu.org/
Google Desktop: http://desktop.google.com/

Thank you anyway!
But, if my experience could help others...
1) Security comes first from doing what must be done first.
If you need security and safe life, before using such a program, you should scandisk and defrag it periodically. Don't wait to find a disk failure to do this. Most of the mentioned problems come from this cause and not from this application (IMHO).
2) The number of erasing of something to have it completely erased, should increase with the total capacity of a hard disk (I guess). Because in real, when you rewrite a file, you are writing it on another random place of the disk. So, after doing this a number of times, chances are that you really rewrite over past tracks that had contained the original file...
3) If security matters, you should better take precautions. Today it is very easy: write sensible information on removable disks, USB sticks, or similar.
4) I find it easier to websurf using a nice and simple application (freeware) called Sandboxie () that opens your browser inside a virtual machine. After closing the browser, everything that was supposed to be written or modified in your disk is erased unless you specify that you want to keep. When I download a file with sandboxie, it downloads ok, but I cannot find it... It is inside that sandbox. If I don't tell the program to keep it, it is erased. The same happens with my new bookmarks. My bookmark.html is never updated if I don't tell sandboxie to update it after closing my browser.
5) An alternative secure method of dealing with dangerous sites full of virus, spyware and crazy people is using a virtual operating system or a Live CD like Knoppíx or Kubuntu... You start your PC with the Live CD in. You have a virtual LINUX system full of applications to use. You websurf and do stuff. If the PC accidentally turns off or when you log off from LINUX, all what you have done is erased, and you have no trace kept of what you have done. At least, outside from the web.
6) I am a happy user of Google Desktop. But all the data that it collects from my Windows is not going to be erased from their external databases. I know that. So, what would be the use of a good eraser like this one?

Hope that it helps!
Alberto

Ok one correction, in my previous post i wrote "Isn't good to know that you have a program..." I meant to say that "It's good to know that you have a program that can wipe data beyond recognition!!!"

Also, I've noticed that users refer to the site as GOTD or GAOTD, which is the right abbreviation? I always thought it was GAOTD, can it be both??? By the way, the offerings in this site are so good that I'm almost tempted to say "THANK YOU GOD!!!!!" [big smile a la hollywood style] hahahhahah


Oh, one more thing! I like #9's comments [by Dude]. So funny in suggesting the programs he wishes they give away:
"I suggest for tomorrow, East-Tec Backup. I could use that a lot..."
Perhaps they should allow us to vote on a program we wish??? It would be nice. Just some ideas to consider for the future.

Take care everyone

Happy weekend

From NYC

explorator

Please excuse me for being off-topic, but I have good news to share. Instead of going on (as I sometimes do...) - I just got the promising email which I am including below.
________________________________________________________

Dear customer

Hope you are fine
We really messed this one up when we launched the Aimersoft DVD Ripper campaign on Giveaway website. We were trying to provide you with a completely full version of this software.Instead, we did a bad job due that we misunderstood the related Giveaway policy.If any annoyance, please accept our apologies.We are trying our best to correct the error now.

On the date 2007-05-28(GMT+8),we will re-launch the campaign on Giveaway website to mke sure you download the full version of Aimersoft DVD Ripper and use it for unlimited period time. Hopefully you can continually keep an eye on this matter and also recommend more friends to Giveaway website to download full version of Aimersoftware DVD Ripper.

In addition, we also trying to provide you with the best possible service.So if you experience any problems with our products,please don’t hesitate to contact Aimersoft support team.

Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this above

Aimersoft support team
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#81 - BlackBunny - you copied only a portion of the "review" you found on download.com
The part you left off is:

Version: 6.0
WARINIG: DON'T USE THIS PROGRAM!!
03-May-2005 01:07:13 AM
Reviewer: Professional

Pros: It spent more than 24 hours dong "something" while I was waiting.

Note the version number. Today's version is 8.5 - you are quoting from 6.0 - just a little dated.