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Purchasing a new computer and planning to donate or recycle your old computer?
Worried about all the personal information that might still be on the hard drive and how to REALLY remove that data?
Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS. Eraser is FREE software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License. Click here for a good article from PCWorld.com on how to permanently and completely remove data from your old hard drive.
Think you're safe from worms, viruses and other exploits using AIM or other instant messaging clients?
Here's an eyeopening article on the latest exploit to hit instant messaging applications.