What method is used by Webroot when erasing files or folders? A Simple Overwrite (1 pass), DOD 5220.22-M (3 passes), NSA (7 passes), and Gutmann (35 passes).Thanks
Permanently Erase Method
Hello GTR707
How many passes depends on how you set it. It can be set for 1, 3 or 7 (Normal, Medium and Maximum)
Please see the User Guide for full details.
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How many passes depends on how you set it. It can be set for 1, 3 or 7 (Normal, Medium and Maximum)
Please see the User Guide for full details.
🙂
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Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm There is no setting. Hence my question. :@
Have you viewed the link I provided?
Open WSA, at the upper right corner click Advanced Settings.
On the left side, click Secure Erase.
There you go.
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Open WSA, at the upper right corner click Advanced Settings.
On the left side, click Secure Erase.
There you go.
🙂
If you do not have the settings for it, you may be using WSA-AV, which does not have that module as the Secure Erase is a part of System Optimizer, and available only on WSA-Complete. Sorry that I missed that on my first reply!
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Yes I am using WSA AV 2014. There is a permant erase option in explorer. I imagine that is the default erase method. So which method does it use? Thanks.
I posted in the antivirus sectiuon for a reason.
I posted in the antivirus sectiuon for a reason.
Er.. yes you DID post in the AV section for a reason, and again my apologies for not having noticed that. (Did not sleep well last night and I just plain missed it... ) Please forgive.@ wrote:
Yes I am using WSA AV 2014. There is a permant erase option in explorer. I imagine that is the default erase method. So which method does it use? Thanks.
I posted in the antivirus sectiuon for a reason.
There is another thread with this question over the last week. It appears that for some reason some WSA-AV users are seeing that option, but they are not supposed to. It is being looked into by the Developer. I honestly do not know the actual status of that option: does it actually work or not, and if it does, how many passes is it actually using.
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Yes it works. Cannot tell how many passes. Seems to be 1.
I believe you are correct. I have WSA-Complete, and I had mine set to Max (7). I did a reset to defaults, and it changed down to 1.@ wrote:
Yes it works. Cannot tell how many passes. Seems to be 1.
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