__group__ ticket summary component version milestone type owner status created _changetime _description _reporter Active Tickets 203 Compact & truncate MFT (NTFS) Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2009-03-24T09:41:17Z 2010-01-16T10:30:03Z "Paragon Total Defrag (http://www.paragon-software.com/home/total-defrag/) has a nice Compact & truncate MFT feature, which I would like to see in Eraser. It moves all active MFT-records after each other in the MFT so that there is no ghost records in between and then in shrinks MFT from the end so that there is no free records at all. -Consider option where number of free records at the end of MFT can be adjusted -Paragon total defrag can do this only at boot time, if partition is in use. Don't know if this is the only way to do it? I'm not expert but perhaps this feature could also offer some anti-foresnic benefit since if there is no several thousands free records floating in the MFT then the natural record re-use cycle is much faster." Shredder Active Tickets 58 Eraser Watched Folder Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2008-11-12T02:45:48Z 2010-01-11T08:01:01Z "We could set Eraser to watch specific folders, and erase them according to the settings of the folder: * On Change Erase Cluster Tips * On rename erase MFT * On delete erase file we could also have include and exclude mask enabled for this. " cjax Active Tickets 75 User-based erasure control Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2008-11-30T09:13:24Z 2008-12-02T13:48:31Z Allow administrators to define certain tasks system-wide and allow users to define their own local ones. OGG Active Tickets 221 """Dangling pointer"" on erasing files with multiple hard links" Core 5.8.7 Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2009-07-15T14:59:50+01:00 2010-09-23T13:03:28+01:00 "On an NTFS partition, when I erase a file with multiple hard links, the other hard link references are not deleted. In my example (attached), I have first created a file with paths ""D:\Testing\File1.txt"" and ""D:\Testing\File2.txt"" and typed something into the file. Then, I erase ""D:\Testing\File2.txt"" with Eraser. After that, ""D:\Testing\File1.txt"" still exists and contains some data probably linked to another existing or deleted file. This might lead to data loss if the non-deleted file path is erased or overwritten by user if it is linked to another existing file. I suggest to ask user to choose to delete all the hard links OR cancel the erasure if multiple hard links are present. Deleting all the hard links might only be feasible in Windows Vista or above as there is no API for getting all the hard links for older Windows, while cancelling erasure is possible for older Windows as the hard link count could still be get." fedsaren Active Tickets 433 Eraser 6.1.0.2617 crashes upon closing after an erasing job; no report created Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 defect Garrett assigned 2012-04-25T00:30:56+01:00 2013-05-08T01:40:29+01:00 "Several times I've noticed Eraser will crash is close it after an erasing job is completed. Tray pop notification says job is complete. If it is because there are still some Eraser processes ""cleaning up"" after the ""job complete"" notice is given, it shouldn't crash - should just delay Eraser's shut down until all processes are through. When this happens, there is no crash report created, even though black box is installed & enabled & Eraser was restarted after enabling Black Box. So, no crash reports to submit. It does create crash reports for other types of crashes." phkhgh Active Tickets 462 Continuous access to floppy disk drive Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 defect Joel pending 2012-10-22T18:20:11+01:00 2013-05-11T04:29:20+01:00 "Nightly build releases 2791 and 2804 continuously access an empty floppy disk drive, causing performance issues in windows XP (with all updates and SP). Version 6.0.10.2620 does not exhibit this problem." strba Active Tickets 22 MFT and Directory Entries erasure Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2008-04-11T13:40:34+01:00 2010-01-24T08:50:34Z "So a user can frequently just clean the MFT at will, not destroy it. Actually that would also be useful to be able to right click on other drives and clean their MFT’s, FAT’s and directory entries. Related: If time was a factor, I wonder if it might be better to overwrite the MFT first then free-space and finally cluster tips ? The MFT shows a record of deleted file names and takes seconds to clean. If the MFT was wiped clean first surly this would offer more practical security much quicker in case of interruption ? " Overwriter Active Tickets 23 Make ghost MFT-records more empty Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2008-04-11T13:43:34+01:00 2009-12-15T04:53:20Z "I think Eraser should make ghost MFT-records which it leaves behind more empty. Currently they contain at least Timestamps which reveals when Eraser was used. Also it seems that every filesystem research tool lists them by default as deleted files. If you need to proof that it is possible to overcome these caveats, take a look at following examples. Here's Example NTFS MFT-record after Eraser has done overwrite of Master File Table record: {{{ Offset 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 41035D400 46 49 4C 45 30 00 03 00 8F FE 5A 8B 05 00 00 00 FILE0...þZ‹.... 41035D410 11 00 02 00 38 00 00 00 68 03 00 00 00 04 00 00 ....8...h....... 41035D420 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 8D 98 00 00 ............˜.. 41035D430 04 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 ..0.........`... 41035D440 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 ........H....... 41035D450 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 .|¿ßòÃÇ..|¿ßòÃÇ. 41035D460 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 .|¿ßòÃÇ..|¿ßòÃÇ. 41035D470 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ............... 41035D480 00 00 00 00 38 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....8........... 41035D490 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 70 00 00 00 ........0...p... 41035D4A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 52 00 00 00 18 00 01 00 ........R....... 41035D4B0 8C 98 00 00 00 00 06 00 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 Œ˜.......|¿ßòÃÇ. 41035D4C0 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 .|¿ßòÃÇ..|¿ßòÃÇ. 41035D4D0 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .|¿ßòÃÇ......... 41035D4E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ ....... 41035D4F0 08 02 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 7E 00 ..0.0.0.0.0.0.~. 41035D500 31 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 00 00 40 02 00 00 1.0.0.0.0...@... 41035D510 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 24 02 00 00 18 00 01 00 ........$....... 41035D520 8C 98 00 00 00 00 06 00 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 Œ˜.......|¿ßòÃÇ. 41035D530 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 .|¿ßòÃÇ..|¿ßòÃÇ. 41035D540 1E 7C BF DF F2 C3 C7 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .|¿ßòÃÇ......... 41035D550 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ ....... 41035D560 F1 01 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 ñ.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D570 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D580 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D590 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D5A0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D5B0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D5C0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D5D0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D5E0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D5F0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 04 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0... 41035D600 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D610 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D620 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D630 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D640 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D650 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D660 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D670 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D680 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D690 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D6A0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D6B0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D6C0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D6D0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D6E0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D6F0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D700 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D710 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D720 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 41035D730 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 39 00 38 00 0.0.0.0.0.0.9.8. 41035D740 35 00 38 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 5.8.....€....... 41035D750 00 00 18 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 ................ 41035D760 FF FF FF FF 82 79 47 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ‚yG......... 41035D770 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D780 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D790 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 ................ }}} Same record after [http://www.briggsoft.com/dsnoop.htm Directory Snoop's] Purge command: {{{ Offset 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 41035D400 46 49 4C 45 30 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FILE0........... 41035D410 11 00 00 00 38 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 ....8...@....... 41035D420 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8D 98 00 00 ............˜.. 41035D430 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 ........ÿÿÿÿ.... 41035D440 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D450 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D460 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D470 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D480 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D490 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D4A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D4B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D4C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D4D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D4E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D4F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D500 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D510 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D520 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D530 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D540 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D550 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D560 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D570 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D580 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D590 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D5A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D5B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D5C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D5D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D5E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D5F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 ................ 41035D600 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D610 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D620 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D630 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D640 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D650 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D660 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D670 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D680 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D690 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D6A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D6B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D6C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D6D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D6E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D6F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D700 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D710 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D720 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D730 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D740 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D750 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D760 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D770 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D780 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D790 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 41035D7F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 ................ }}} -No timestamps -Research programs that I have tried don't list this kind of records as deleted (at least not by default) So apparently there is still room for improvement.." Shredder Active Tickets 278 Implement the Executor as a Service Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 task Joel accepted 2009-12-15T04:44:40Z 2012-07-03T06:47:31+01:00 "When using a service, get the service to assign task IDs and task progress can be queried by anyone with the correct permissions. These features need to be implemented: - Users can manage their own task list - The executor engine will run with the permissions of the user who created the task - Logging will be done through the Windows Event Log, with the exception of Task logging which will remain to be logged on the task" Joel Active Tickets 440 Redesign Website database schema Website defect new 2012-05-23T12:50:45+01:00 2012-05-23T12:50:45+01:00 There are some tables in the schema that could use some normalisation; notably the downloads table where version numbers are stored as a string. There's a hack in [browser:/trunk/website/scripts/UpdateList.php#L118] that would allow us to work around this for a while, but the proper way should be the actualsolution. Joel Active Tickets 416 Verify Eraser's plugin loading behaviour when CRLs cannot be verified Core Eraser 6.0.11 defect new 2012-03-12T01:01:39Z 2012-03-12T01:02:14Z "A [http://eraser.heidi.ie/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6908 forum post] states that when all outbound HTTP connections are blocked, and when a proper proxy is not specified, Eraser is not able to load the default plugin. In addition, when the poster sent an erase command via the Command Line, Eraser crashed." Joel Active Tickets 418 ObjectDisposedException when viewing the log as erase tasks execute User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.0.11 defect Joel accepted 2012-03-13T04:52:47Z 2013-05-08T01:58:32+01:00 As detailed in [http://eraser.heidi.ie/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8661 the forum]. Joel Active Tickets 415 Fall back to large block erasing if space is freed on a volume being erased Core 6.0.8.2273 Eraser 6.0.11 enhancement new 2012-03-12T00:53:07Z 2012-03-12T00:53:07Z "We should be able to go back to large block erasure when we are erasing the MFT: * http://bbs.heidi.ie/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8128 * http://bbs.heidi.ie/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8144 The reason is that disk volumes should not be assumed to have static disk contents, especially if it is a system drive. We should attempt to maintain a disk-full state for resident MFT file erasure as far as we can for it to complete successfully." Joel Active Tickets 299 Don't run the Eraser process in the background User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.1/6.2 defect Joel accepted 2010-01-08T11:44:43Z 2012-07-03T06:47:31+01:00 "When I use eraser 6 a ""tsr"" icon, near the clock, appear. Eraser 5.8.8 was more ""stealth"" ... Why Eraser 6 ""publicize"" the process? I love the ""deniable plausibility"" of version 6 but in embarassing to use in my office whith the boss around! :-)" canfe Active Tickets 409 Test Eraser with Screen Readers User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.1/6.2 defect new 2012-03-06T07:20:48Z 2012-03-30T01:29:04+01:00 Such as JAWS. Joel Active Tickets 421 Eraser 6.1.2532 leaves jobs erased from context in schedule screen Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 defect Joel pending 2012-03-22T04:16:32Z 2013-05-11T05:16:53+01:00 "In Vista hm prem x64, bld 2532 creates & leaves the erased file / folder name in the schedule pane, after job is completed, even if ""automatically remove tasks which run immediately & complete successfully"" is checked in settings. It shows the jobs as ""completed"" (usually no errors), & as ""not queued."" This happens on every context erasing job, from different partitions & different type folders / files. Expected behavior: Files / folders erased from Explorer context should not leave the path to the file / folder erased in the Schedule screen. Even if privacy wasn't an issue, it would quickly create a huge schedule list. " phkhgh Active Tickets 448 Eraser 6.1.0.2779 Crash Assistant very slow compressing crash reports BlackBox Eraser 6.1/6.2 defect Garrett reopened 2012-07-13T19:47:37+01:00 2013-05-08T01:49:15+01:00 "I'm fairly sure I now have a good, working install of r2779. When open the Crash Assistant & click ""check for solutions,"" it starts compressing crash files. This process (on a Q9400, 8 GB RAM machine) takes ~ 15 - 20 min to compress. Appears can user Eraser while Crash Assistant is running / compressing, but if you need to close / reboot system or close Eraser, the compressing time is a problem. Any decent archiver would compress same size files at max setting in < 2 min. When it crashes & restart Eraser, presents a balloon by systray. Open Crash Assistant & main button now says, ""Check for Solutions."" Are there actually solutions to check for? Appears it just starts compressing crash files. If so, button should say, ""Send Reports."" If there is a means ??? to check for solution, maybe need a 2nd button - one for Send, 1 for Check Solutions." phkhgh Active Tickets 457 Eraser 6.1.0.2791 can't erase files from admin acct when Eraser started in same acct Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 defect new 2012-09-17T21:01:40+01:00 2013-05-09T15:12:55+01:00 "In Vista x64, build 2791 won't allow erasing files / folders in a specific admin acct, when Eraser is started in the same admin acct (using PW via UAC). Once Eraser is started under the admin acct / PW, it won't allow drag / drop files (that reside on desktop of same admin user) to a new task screen. But it WILL erase them if use the ""Add Data"" function, from a new task & browse to those same files. So clearly, it can access / erase those files, just a matter of how it accesses them. These files are not locked by anything, nor any type of protected or system files. They were utorrent *.dat files. No uTorrent processes were running. ALSO - under start Eraser scenario above (& an elevated instance of Eraser is started), if try to use '''context erasing''' - of files that are owned by same Admin acct - that Eraser was just started under - it won't erase them; but INSTEAD automatically launches a '''2nd, non elevated - std user instance''' of Eraser. So, there are 2 icons in Tray & 2 instances running. It's clear one is the elevated & one is std user acct instance, from the saved tasks in the main UI. I can close the std user Eraser instance, try again - context erasing of ADMIN user acct file & it reopens the 2nd instance of non elevated Eraser." phkhgh Active Tickets 70 Cleaning up of privacy leaks Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Joel accepted 2008-11-30T09:11:19Z 2011-01-04T07:25:50Z "temporary internet files, etc. Think open-source CCleaner From http://eraser.wiki.sourceforge.net/Eraser+v6" Joel Active Tickets 74 Pause erasures Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Joel accepted 2008-11-30T09:13:02Z 2009-01-05T04:44:52Z http://eraser.wiki.sourceforge.net/Eraser+v6 OGG Active Tickets 78 Erase whole drive Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2008-11-30T09:15:12Z 2010-05-03T14:57:52+01:00 Keep track of files already present, move them using the Defrag APIs, then erase the resulting free space rocko Active Tickets 83 Upgrade Remote Executor classes Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Joel accepted 2008-12-06T06:14:37Z 2012-07-03T06:47:31+01:00 The current Remote Executor classes only allow task addition and deletion, but the other functionality like events and other functions are not implemented like the DirectExecutor class. The ideal implementation will allow clients to use the RemoteExecutorClient class like it was doing DirectExecutor now. Joel Active Tickets 96 Eraser Boot ! Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Kaz assigned 2008-12-23T20:09:31Z 2009-01-15T23:42:45Z "OK I know there is enough work to be done to get the standard windows version of Eraser going but I just thought I should post this idea. Would it be possible to make a version of Eraser that makes a bootable CD ? The benefits would be that when a user boots the Eraser CD they can perform a full free space wipe and get all those locked areas not normally covered as windows wouldn’t be running. Also the page file and index.dat type files etc could be successfully wiped. Eraser Boot would be very much like DBAN is now but with the important distinction that it doesn’t erase user files unless told to do so. So Eraser Boot will only overwrite the areas around the OS and user data. " Overwriter Active Tickets 210 Eraser not deleting very long filenames, round 3 Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Joel accepted 2009-06-01T21:14:12+01:00 2010-01-11T03:33:03Z "Follow-up to #41 and #135 I understand that handling of NTFS long filenames is not available in .NET, however, so it can't be fixed+forgotten, but the problem it creates is major _and_ there might be a workaround.. so please re-consider :) Additions to the problem: - MSN file sharing and IE can easily create too long filenames, so the problem may be pretty common - On my PCs, erasing around too long filenames actually crashed Eraser, with only indirect hint (fragment of current filename string) - Even free space deletion crashes - The crash closes the parent process - even if it was explorer.exe - Crashing is not a way for a GUI programme to respond to an issue in the wild, IMO :) Suggestion: - Catch exceptions around the erasing, (optionally?) skip on error and report it in the end - Even better, check for filename length (on NTFS of course) and explicitly report - Even better, move+rename the file to %TEMP% before processing, and restore afterwards (if needed). Not failproof (not sure about open files) + has a time window where power loss is problematic, so making it an option might be a good idea. Using Eraser v5.84, Windows XP SP2, NTFS." borg42 Active Tickets 268 Display progress when erasing from Shell User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2009-12-15T04:00:49Z 2010-01-16T07:48:55Z Display a progress dialog like that of the Shell when erasing files Joel Active Tickets 304 Silently ignore selected cluster tip erase failures Core 6.0.6.1376 Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2010-01-11T04:31:19Z 2010-10-14T13:33:13+01:00 Certain files will never succeed in erasing their cluster tips (such as SFC protected files) so when these files do not have cluster tips removed the error should be suppressed so that the log remains informative and not overcrowded. Joel Active Tickets 323 Erasing improvements Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2010-02-08T07:30:13Z 2010-02-08T07:30:13Z " - Can !FileSystem.!EraseOldFileSystemResidentFiles and !FileSystem.!EraseDirectoryStructures be combined? - When doing the directory entry cleaning for NTFS fill the disk to fullness if it is not already full. - Try doing BackupRead/BackupWrite instead of raw handles to the disk to erase compressed/encrypted files" Joel Active Tickets 366 Allow users to check whether their crashes have been fixed BlackBox Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2010-05-11T13:44:05+01:00 2012-05-25T06:05:09+01:00 Joel Active Tickets 369 Eraser could not load the setting User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Garrett reopened 2010-06-10T20:36:42+01:00 2013-05-08T01:52:20+01:00 "After completly uninstalling Eraser 6.0.7.1893, clean and reboot my computer I've installed latest build Eraser 6.1.0.2154. When I first started Eraser, I've got error: ""Could not load the setting"" (attached image)." c0m4r Active Tickets 370 Break up MFT erase folders to folders of fixed lengths. Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2010-06-12T03:56:46+01:00 2010-06-12T03:56:46+01:00 Large folders slow down the file system and unnecessarily increases erase time. Break up the MFT files to folders to reduce this. [http://bbs.heidi.ie/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6259&p=18951#p18951] Joel Active Tickets 391 User-defined prefix for file name obscuration Core 6.0.8.2273 Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2011-03-20T14:29:17Z 2011-03-20T14:29:32Z "* Request:[[BR]] Provide an option to set a string, which is used as a prefix when obscuring file names (e.g. on erasing unused space). Default should be empty, so there's no change to Eraser's current behaviour. * Reason:[[BR]] If files got deleted by accident (not erased), then it is hard to find the real files inside the list with all these random file names. A constant prefix will help tremendously as all obscured file names are en-block. Finding the real files will be much easier, independent of the tool you (have to) use. * Topic ""plausible deniability"":[[BR]] When this new option is empty, which should be the default setting, then there is no difference to Eraser's current behaviour. If the user decides to use a constant prefix for file name obscuration, then it is the user's choice.[[BR]] Also most users do not need plausible deniability, they just need to be sure that no one else can...[[BR]] a) recover erased files with private or company data[[BR]] b) drew conclusions from the real file names[[BR]] Even with a constant prefix these points are still reached. * Example without a prefix, just like current Eraser: {{{ .LMrRJGXMdZwX-mV 5pzEK_PgQoN5.qBU 6dollar_bill.txt D3wbfhskDWVkDE5c hoYY3soXeDGgSP5M iamarealfile.xls iePwP_WnLPF9AsLm jU93Fo3Xm4W-N2dD makefile_old.bak MAmVp2xJ9ue4kDFD wgaLNzsCNmJ5BZ6Y ypsilon-letter zLpX3ymW8E_rjhMF }}} * Example with a user-defined prefix of ""zY6b"": {{{ 6dollar_bill.txt iamarealfile.xls makefile_old.bak ypsilon-letter zY6b.LMrRJGXMdZw zY6b5pzEK_PgQoN5 zY6bD3wbfhskDWVk zY6bhoYY3soXeDGg zY6biePwP_WnLPF9 zY6bjU93Fo3Xm4W- zY6bMAmVp2xJ9ue4 zY6bwgaLNzsCNmJ5 zY6bzLpX3ymW8E_r }}} You see the prefix makes it much easier to find deleted files after the last erase of unused space. * Situation where this option would have been useful for me:[[BR]] * Erased unused space with Eraser, so all unused file entries got obscured file names (I do this twice a year). * Worked with the system for a longer time. * Accidentally deleted some files (not erased).[[BR]] There were 12.000 deleted files on my hard disk (which is for working/downloads/temp) and I knew that around 1000 files got deleted by accident.[[BR]] I didn't know all the names of the 1000 files, so I had to check each and every entry of the list if it could be a file that I accidentally deleted. " maddes Active Tickets 417 Logging improvements Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2012-03-13T00:26:49Z 2012-03-13T13:59:57Z A summary thread is found [https://eraser.heidi.ie/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&p=25790#p25790 here]. Joel Active Tickets 419 Allow users to erase all users' recycle bins if they have the needed rights Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2012-03-15T01:33:09Z 2012-03-15T01:33:09Z Currently, all erasures only affect the current user's recycle bin. Allow users to specify that they want to erase all users' recycle bins, requiring administrative privileges in the process. Joel Active Tickets 422 Properly detect SSDs and warn when erasing them Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2012-03-23T11:36:30Z 2012-03-23T11:36:30Z The IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY control code may be of use. Joel Active Tickets 425 Program a Web Interface for the BlackBox component BlackBox Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2012-03-31T00:38:04+01:00 2012-03-31T00:38:04+01:00 " - Allow developers to mark reports as read - One-click scripts which ""resolve"" reports - Allow us to collect multiple reports if necessary, also to invalidate useless reports so other reports for the same exception are not collected " Joel Active Tickets 426 Include a list of drives on the computer when generating BlackBox reports BlackBox Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Garrett reopened 2012-03-31T00:39:45+01:00 2013-05-08T01:50:06+01:00 Include the geometry and list of drives on the user's computer, similar to but containing more partitioning information than those generated by !DxDiag. This is useful for debugging crashes which occur when erasing partitions/drives or unused space erasures. Joel Active Tickets 427 Task List and log saving behaviour improvement Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2012-04-02T11:04:42+01:00 2012-04-02T11:04:42+01:00 "In Version 6.0.x onwards, updates to the Task List and logs are saved to disk only when the Eraser process exits. With the plan to run the Eraser core as a service (and the loss of data which now occurs if Eraser crashes before saving takes place), this behaviour requires review. A possible alternative behaviours is suggested in the Eraser Beta forum topic at http://eraser.heidi.ie/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=8709&p=26093#p26093 " DavidHB Active Tickets 260 Portable Eraser 6 Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 task new 2009-11-14T08:33:38Z 2009-11-14T08:33:38Z Eraser 5 has a Portable version where settings are stored outside of the registry. Create a build for Eraser 6 that can run without installing. Granted -- there will be a need for the .NET runtime. Joel Active Tickets 277 Eraser Unified File Manager Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 task Joel accepted 2009-12-15T04:43:26Z 2012-05-31T04:42:30+01:00 " - Allows handling long file names - Standardize: directory or folder? - Multithread/Profile the erase/directory listing - Merge VolumeInfo and StreamInfo classes? - LockVolume interface is weird - We leak a FileHandle (the exclusive one) in the VolumeInfo and StreamInfo classes - Should we have a callback for !FileSystem.!DeleteFolder to monitor progress? - When catching exceptions when erasing files we need to record the filename" Joel Active Tickets 355 Implement feature-complete CLI User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.1/6.2 task Joel accepted 2010-04-22T11:50:32+01:00 2012-03-12T00:58:40Z "Implement a CLI for Eraser, usable in a batch script. Thus, we need to include a wait parameter so that when calling eraser erase, the program will not exit immediately but will wait for the erasure to complete before exiting. We also need to refactor the code, ensuring that only one global TrueValues property exists so that all clients will get the same values for true, and a common CLI will be presented (see Eraser.!DefaultPlugins/!ErasureTargets/!ProgressArgument)" Joel Active Tickets 367 Perform Profiling of Eraser Others Eraser 6.1/6.2 task new 2010-05-11T13:45:20+01:00 2010-05-11T13:45:20+01:00 To find slow spots and duplicate code. Joel Active Tickets 423 Update About Dialog Others Eraser 6.1/6.2 task new 2012-03-31T00:20:46+01:00 2012-03-31T00:24:43+01:00 We're using new libraries in Eraser 6.2, we need to credit them in the About dialog before release. Joel Active Tickets 458 Artifacts are not unlinked after wipe Core 6.0.10.2620 Eraser 6.0.11 defect Joel pending 2012-09-23T16:05:42+01:00 2013-05-11T08:06:27+01:00 "Windows 7 x64: If Eraser is run with privliged authorisation, artifacts are left behind during and after wipe until the area being wiped = the maximum free area on the disk. This ends up crashing the operating system due to disk space not being allocateable." somerandomobject() Active Tickets 15 Simultaneous Erasing Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2008-04-11T13:16:53+01:00 2012-03-14T00:42:51Z "I would like to see a feature in Eraser where two or more files / disks / etc could be erased simultaneously. I guess that the only speed restriction on modern computers is the write speed of the drives rather than processor speed so being able to do several tasks at once would save time. Is this possible ? Thank you." Overwriter Active Tickets 16 Recycle Bin Catch All Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2008-04-11T13:18:42+01:00 2009-12-15T04:06:25Z "Could Eraser have a feature so when a user deletes a file to the recycle bin Eraser won’t let the user accidentally delete the file in the standard way but encourages / forces the user to overwrite it properly ? Thanks." Overwriter Active Tickets 147 Ballast File Creation. Core 6.0.3.847 Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Joel accepted 2009-01-04T16:58:02Z 2010-07-10T14:03:54+01:00 "I think it would be a great feature for Eraser V6 to enable the user to make ballast files. A ballast file is a file that is used by Eraser users to fill up free space on a very large hard drive so regular free space erasures can be performed in much quicker time as the ballast files reduce the free space on the disk. This would also help Truecrypt users with plausible deniability (yes I am still banging on and on about that !). How it would work. A user would have say a 500GB disk. Say 50GB was used with OS and some storage. If this user wishes to wipe his free space he would have to wipe 450GB of free space and also presumably the cluster tips of the first 50GB. This would obviously take a long time and it would add considerable wear to the drive. In order to help the user Eraser should have an option to create ballast files. The user should be able to open Eraser, click the “Create Ballast File” button and be presented with a new window. Within this new window there should be an option to choose how many ballast files to make, a drop down ballast file size KB,MB,GB, a naming prefix (which could be left blank in which case a random name will be created) and to which drive they are to be saved. The ballast files should be created with Erasers CSPRNG pass as this will help the Truecrypt plausible deniability feature as a truly random output from Eraser should be no different to a Truecrypt volume. So as for the example above the user would perhaps select the following settings. 10 x 40GB files. (This would take up the bulk of the free space, the 40GB chunks can be deleted when a lot of drive space needs releasing). 4 x 10GB files. (This will enable fine tuning when only a small amount of free space is required at a later date). So the user has created 440GB of ballast files reducing the free space to erase to only 10GB plus cluster tips. Truecrypt users can claim their Truecrypt volumes are actually Eraser ballast files so there is no volume. Thoughts Joel ? " Overwriter Active Tickets 239 "Add shortcut to the ""erasure progress window"" in systray." User Interface (UX) 6.0.5.1114 Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Joel accepted 2009-10-02T01:05:24+01:00 2010-01-11T13:25:39Z "This feature would have a similar functionality like that of the Windows 7 Network systray icon. Clicking the Eraser systray icon once, would open the progress window of the current erasure. Clicking it again would close the window. If possible, a double-click on the icon should open the main window GUI. If not possible a shortcut to the main window GUI could be added to the progress window, similar to the way the Windows 7 Network icon, has a shortcut implemented to the Network Center." Xanashi Active Tickets 267 Let the bootstrapper decompression proceed in a secondary thread Installer/Updater Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2009-12-15T03:55:51Z 2009-12-15T03:55:51Z This allows the bootstrapper to be cancelled during extraction. Joel Active Tickets 274 Use number of files found for entropy Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Garrett reopened 2009-12-15T04:41:09Z 2013-05-08T01:42:32+01:00 Joel Active Tickets 283 Keep highest privilege level of Eraser running User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2009-12-19T22:31:53Z 2010-05-02T11:10:43+01:00 When running Eraser as an administrator, if an existing instance is found to be already running and at a lower privilege level, exit the instance and allow the higher privilege instance to start. Joel Active Tickets 291 Tray Menu List User Interface (UX) 6.0.6.1376 Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2010-01-02T18:15:20Z 2010-05-02T11:06:26+01:00 "Perhaps the tray icon menu list needs to be updated to reflect some of the features of the application once the main screen is open. The main ones that I think should be included are: 1. New Task 2. View Tasks ---> Cancel Task ---> LogFile ---> Edit Task ---> Delete Task " dmurgy Active Tickets 310 Customizable Shell Extension User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2010-01-14T10:33:00Z 2010-10-30T14:16:58+01:00 "I have an Idea to improve the usabillity quite a bit: [[Image(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5298/choose.png)]] I hope you like it. regards BloodySword" BloodySword Active Tickets 318 Allow resolutions to be passed to BlackBox reporters BlackBox Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2010-01-20T00:04:49Z 2012-05-25T06:05:09+01:00 Joel Active Tickets 348 FileSystemWatcher as a source of entropy Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Garrett reopened 2010-03-19T18:06:59Z 2013-05-08T01:51:44+01:00 "Attach a FileSystemWatcher to a list of files and directories that user specifies. Using the time and type of the changes as well as the name of the directories as a source of entropy. " cjax Active Tickets 361 Update the shell with file status changes User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2010-05-02T11:13:42+01:00 2010-05-02T11:13:54+01:00 Use SHChangeNotify to inform the shell of removed files upon completion of erasures. Joel Active Tickets 385 Use of tool tips in the task editing dialog User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Joel accepted 2010-10-26T11:40:11+01:00 2012-04-21T21:17:32+01:00 "A change has already been implemented in version 6.1, to replace the file paths (almost always truncated) of the items to be deleted in the task editing dialog with the file names only. This has greatly improved readability, but users have no access to the file path from the dialog. In the dialog, tool tips should therefore be used to show the full path of individual file and folder entries. It is suggested that this proposed improvement be implemented in version 6.2; accordingly the baseline used for comparison is the current (at the time of writing) 6.1 build (6.1.0.2258)." DavidHB Active Tickets 392 Option to schedule a recurring erase on startup User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2011-03-22T14:28:20Z 2011-04-11T07:52:56+01:00 Following user comment on the forum, it is proposed that a facility to schedule a recurring task on startup be added to Eraser. This might be implemented by adding an 'on startup' radio button to the Schedule tab of the Task Properties dialog. Because, on most systems, many programs are launched on startup, and this can create processing bottlenecks, consideration should also be given to allowing the user to specify how many minutes after startup the task should be run. DavidHB Active Tickets 393 Feature-complete exclude masks Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2011-04-11T07:31:21+01:00 2011-04-11T07:31:39+01:00 g33n pointed out in [http://bbs.heidi.ie/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7818 the forum] that the exclude masks only work with single DOS-style wildcards. He suggests that this feature be extended to allow more generic and arbitrary exclusion rules. Joel Active Tickets 424 Reset File times with values from the last 3 months Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement Garrett reopened 2012-03-31T00:25:55+01:00 2013-05-08T01:53:29+01:00 Instead of setting dates to Jan 1 1600, set it to sometime in the last 3 months for better plausible deniability. Joel Active Tickets 464 command line documentation clarification Documentation 6.0.10.2620 Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2012-11-07T09:44:35Z 2013-05-11T08:09:25+01:00 "explain how to silently install/uninstall software present existing command-line API instead of TBD" fourchu Active Tickets 465 show usage help in case of wrong argument User Interface (UX) 6.0.10.2620 Eraser 6.1/6.2 patch new 2012-11-07T10:13:12Z 2013-05-11T08:07:39+01:00 "Instead of just complaining of wrong argument without further help : {{{ $ /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Eraser/Eraser.exe -? Unknown action: -? Press enter to continue . . . $ /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Eraser/Eraser.exe --help Unknown action: --help Press enter to continue . . . }}} Offer to list available commands: $ /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Eraser/Eraser.exe --help Unknown action: --help Use 'Eraser.exe help' to list available commands Press enter to continue . . . }}} " fourchu Active Tickets 226 Progressive corrupting of files as a wipe method Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2009-07-29T11:53:42+01:00 2010-01-11T08:21:29Z "This is an idea intended for mainly huge huge files which you would want to make harder (but not impossible) to restore any meaningful data pieces from it. Normal wipes start at the beginning of the file and write to the end of it. My method would write at random locations of the file slowly replacing all of its content the further Eraser runs the task. Letting this method run to the end would have the same end result as a normal wipe. This method is supposed to be an enhancement on the ""first and last 16KB"" wipe." pollution Active Tickets 261 About dialog improvements Core Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2009-11-28T00:23:13Z 2012-03-31T00:24:43+01:00 Joel Active Tickets 413 Create walkthrough for Eraser User Interface (UX) Eraser 6.1/6.2 enhancement new 2012-03-11T09:34:03Z 2012-03-11T09:34:03Z As described by chas1 in [http://eraser.heidi.ie/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8100& the forum], he got confused over the Not Queued terminology after adding tasks. We could create a walkthrough for new users. Joel