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CyberScrub cyberCide (Rated 4/5)


  1. Details
  2. Description
  3. Features
  4. System Requirements

Software Description:

Delete ALL Data from Hard Drives

Secure Erasure Beyond Recovery

Essential for HIPAA, SOX Compliance

Ideal for Return of Leased Assets and Computer Disposal

- The data on drives formatted with cyberCide are destroyed beyond recovery using advanced wiping techniques that can stop both software and hardware tools from recovering data˙

- Meets and exceeds the U˙S˙ Department of Defense standards for the computer, regardless of the file system and the operating system that resides on each drive (works with FAT12, FAT16, NTFS, DOS, Windows 3˙x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Unix, etc˙)˙

- Powerful verification capabilities that give the user the utmost assurance that all data has been completely removed from the disk˙

- The ability of wiping data on several machines simultaneously by installing cyberCide on bootable floppy diskettes˙

- The ability to maintain detailed logs of all sanitizing operations which can be printed and saved for permanent records˙

- Overall progress, average speed and estimated time indicators are available˙

- Mouse support˙

Main Features:

  • -+Powerful+command-line+parameter+options+that+allow+advanced+users+to+run+the+program+from+the+command+prompt+with+no+user+interface+(if+desired)+and+create+different+wiping+scenarios˙
  • -+Sanitizing+BIOS+Free+feature+that+allows+user+to+address+the+full+hard+disk+capacity+even+if,+on+some+old+machines,+BIOS+does+not+support+large+hard+drives˙+
  • -+The+ability+to+develop+and+use+your+own+data-destroying+algorithms,+that+perfectly+suits+your+security+needs˙
  • -+The+ability+to+generate+random+data+streams+using+ISAAC+Pseudo-Random+Number+Generating+algorithm˙+
  • Wiping+Methods:
  • -+Peter+Gutmann+algorithm+
  • -+Bruce+Schneier+algorithm+
  • -+U˙S˙+Standard,+DOD+5220˙22-M+
  • -+NAVSO+P-5239-26+(MFM)
  • -+NAVSO+P-5239-26+(RLL)
  • -+Single-pass+quick+sanitizing+method,+with+zeros+-+Single-pass+quick+sanitizing+method,+with+random+characters
  • New+Enhancements:
  • -+Command+Lines:+You+may+now+use+command+lines+to+automate+tasks+and+functions
  • -+Disk+Partitioning:+Automatically+partition+drives+after+overwriting+data˙
  • -+Wipe+back+to+front:+Allows+you+to+abort+the+process+with+minimal+harm+to+data+at+beginning+of+process
  • -+ISAAC+PRNG:+Generate+random+data+streams+for+added+security+
  • -+Overcome+BIOS+limits:+LBA+addressing+allows+user+to+wipe+entire+drive+even+if+limited+by+BIOS+(ATA/ID

System Requirements:

Platform: Windows

  • Minimum+of+286+or+greater+processor
  • 550kb+free+conventional+memory
  • EGA/VGA+or+above+graphics
  • 1˙44+Mb+floppy+diskette+drive+for+boot+disk
  • Mouse+(recommended)