Destroy© and Scrubber© Copyright 2000, 2002 to:
Henry Bartlett 237 Peel Street
LAUNCESTON
Tasmania
Australia 7250
email: habitsoft@gmail.comand all rights are reserved.
Destroy and Scrubber are simple utilities designed to remove all traces of sensitive files from hard or floppy disks before you pass them onto someone else.
While they are not intended to defeat the efforts of data-recovery professionals, they will make it very difficult for anyone to recover data from disks on which they have been used.
Thus, unless you have very valuable data on your disks, the cost of recovery will be much greater than the value of the data to someone else.
Destroy makes several passes over the file on which it is used, writing meaningless data over the file and, before deleting the file, renaming it to a meaningless single-letter name.
Scrubber makes several passes over the unused portions of the disk, filling them with meaningless data so that no-one will be able to undelete previously deleted files.
For maximum security it is recommended that you use Destroy to erase sensitive files and then use Scrubber to clean up any residual traces of the data.
Note that the more passes you use, the more difficult it is going to be for someone else to recover your data, but for the ordinary user, one pass should be sufficient.
You may use Destroy and Scrubber free of charge for as long as you wish except that if you find them useful, you are equested to contact the author by postcard or email to the address above to let him know that you are using Destroy and Scrubber.
Suggestions (preferably constructive) as to improvements are welcome.
All information received in this way will be held in strict confidence and not used for spam nor made available to others.
The author/developer disclaims all warranties as to this software, whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
The author has tried to ensure that programming errors in Destroy and Scrubber have been reduced to a minimum and that the programs functions correctly but the author cannot be held responsible for any losses sustained through the use of Destroy and Scrubber.
It is recommended that you test both programs on floppy disks containing unwanted files before using them on your hard disk. Before you try them on a hard disk for the first time, make sure that you have safe backups of all important data.
Destroy and Scrubber may not be included in any commercial package or in any Cover disk without the author's explicit permission. Otherwise, you may copy Destroy and Scrubber and distribute them freely provided:
- that the distribution package is copied complete. (that is all files are included and no changes are made to any files that form part of the package)
- that no charge be made for the media containing Destroy and Scrubber that is more than the reasonable retail cost of the blank media.
The Install.exe utility in this package makes installation very easy. All you have to do is to run Install and either accept the suggested folder or enter a different folder name. The files will be copied to the correct locations.
If you have received this package as a "ZIP" file, you will probably already have "unzipped" the installation files or be reading this file in "Winzip" or a similar utility. If you are using Winzip, simply click on the Winzip Install button and the installation utility will start.
If you have received the package on disk or have already unzipped the files, locate the folder (directory) which holds the files and run Install.
You can run Install as follows
Use the path suggested unless you have a good reason not to (eg. you are already using a folder named C:\Clean)
You will have the option of installing shortcuts for the files.
When you click on the [OK] button, the files will be installed to the folder you have chosen.
For further information, contact
Henry Bartlett
237 Peel Street
LAUNCESTON
Tasmania
Australia 7250
email: habitsoft@gmail.com