Secure File Deletion: Fact or Fiction?

This paper will deal with how and where some of these files are created and how to securely remove them from a system. Microsoft Windows operating systems and associated applications will be the main focus. This paper is divided into two main sections, the first section is designed to be a primer...

By

John Mallery

July 16, 2001

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