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From Software Informer
Evidence Eliminator
| Developed by | Robin Hood Software |
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| Latest release | 6.01 |
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| Operating system | Windows [1] |
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| Available in | English |
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| Type | Privacy |
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| License | Proprietary software |
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| Website | http://www.evidence-eliminator.com |
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Evidence Eliminator is a computer software program for Microsoft Windows computers that claims to delete hidden information from the hard disk which would otherwise have remained despite any 'normal' efforts to delete it.[2] Such programs usually overwrite previously allocated disk space to make it more difficult to salvage information. Deleted information physically stays on the hard drive until its old space is claimed by another program.
Evidence Eliminator is produced by Robin Hood Software, based in Nottingham, England.
[edit] Controversy
Evidence Eliminator is perhaps best known through the marketing of the program; spamming Usenet with claims such as:
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| Did you know... that the government and police are installing black boxes in ISPs to record your Internet surfing and downloads for evidence?
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are typical of their approach. [3] Evidence Eliminator has also been marketed through popup ads that purport to show evidence that a user's system is vulnerable to spying, or that the user may be under investigation[4][5][6][7]. Robin Hood Software claimed that these marketing methods were carried out by its sales affiliates and not by the company itself. At one point, Robin Hood Software produced a "dis-information page" which contained trenchant attacks on journalists who had written unfavourable reviews, which included accusations some reviews were "hate speech". [8][9]
Rather than protecting its users, Evidence Eliminator, and the use of Evidence Eliminator, has been considered by the courts in and of itself to constitute evidence of a deliberate attempt to destroy evidence of criminal actions[10] to prevent the course of justice.
The MGA v. Mattel suit is an example of such a case, where an ex-employee (Bryant Carter) allegedly used it to hide information he was accused of giving to MGA while employed at Mattel. [11]
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