What's new in ProtectStar Data Shredder 3.0.12.03.15
Mar 15, 2012
- Special processing for shredding internet files for Firefox browser
- Small bug fixing with Recycle Bin shredding
- Fix bug: Move folders securely
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 3.0.11.11.30 (Mar 15, 2012)
- New option added: no report/no log option available
- External disk/partition – shredding last block error fixed
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 3.0.11.10.31 (Mar 15, 2012)
- New security feature added: Alternate Data Streams are secure wiped now.
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 3.0.11.10.06 (Mar 15, 2012)
- New feature: “autom. Shutdown when erase process is finished”
- More usability: installer uninstall all previous version duing the installation process
- Fixed autoclose error
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 3.0.11.09.30 (Mar 15, 2012)
- Improvement in AddFolder idalog
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 3.0.11.09.23 (Mar 15, 2012)
- Improved shredding reports
- Improved performance
- Opera 11 now supported in “Erase Internet Files”
- Improvements concerning Windows UAC for more usability
- Minor changes
- Design improvements
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.11.07.18 (Jul 18, 2011)
- Improvements in online activation system
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.11.07.12 (Jul 18, 2011)
- New Data Shredder 2.5 Standard version added into installation file
- Internet browser icons added into temp. internet files section
- Minor improvements for Professional and Server version
- New secure erase method from Peter Gutmann added
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.11.05.04 (May 4, 2011)
- Minor improvements in German version
- Updated manuals
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.11.04.13 (Apr 14, 2011)
- Minor bug fixes with activation system
- Name change of cycles from 3 to 5 (BSI-2011-VS method)
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.11.04.09 (Apr 10, 2011)
- Proxy server configuration added into configuration menu
- New secure erase method BSI-2011 (BSI-2011-VS) added
- URLs to ProtectStar™ website modified
- Activation process via browser if activation service has no access
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.11.03.22 (Mar 22, 2011)
- Improved ProtectStar company logo added
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.11.03.13 (Mar 14, 2011)
- Minor improvements on online activation process
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.11.02.16 (Feb 21, 2011)
- System check bug fix on Windows Server 2008 R2
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.11.02.05 (Feb 6, 2011)
- New activation process integrated
- It’s now possible to use serial codes to unlock and activate the software
- Minor improvements in usability
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.10.10.05 (Oct 6, 2010)
- Improvements for Data Shredder Console
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.10.09.22 (Oct 6, 2010)
- Bug fixed with shredding temporary files
- New update process integrated
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.10.09.07 (Oct 6, 2010)
- Shredding reports now also available as Word (.doc) format
- Shredding reports are signed with digital signature
- Completely new designed shredding of Temporary internet files with special shredding options for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8, Mozilla Firefox 3, Google Chrom 1, Opera 9 and Apple Safari 5
- It’s now possible to Auto exit when shredding is finished
- Format volume after shredding process is finished
- New reports location (under My Documents)
- Data Shredder 2.5 Console shortcut removed
- The configuration symbol (C) in the main menu of the German version was changed to a (K) for “Konfiguration”
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.5.10.07.08 (Jul 15, 2010)
- more than fifty minor improvements
- faster erasing speeds
- improvements in performance
- added brand new 8-cycles German BSI/VS-ITR TL-03423 standard
- added 1-cycle shredding method "0xFF" for SSD Drives
- added 4-cycles DoD 5220.22-M E for SSD Drives
- added 3-cycles US Army AR380-19 method
- added 3-cycles HMG Infosec Standard No.5 enhanced method
- improved report files with additional hardware information
- silent mode added to the configuration menu
- official compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 (Certification Logo received)
- added Windows paging file shredding at the next computer restart
- improved columns which shows used space, freespace and percentage of free
- space
- updated user manuals
- Installation file "setup-pro.msi" can be used as 10-days limited trial version
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.1.10.07.08 (Jul 14, 2010)
- minor improvements
- faster erasing speed with integrated 1-cycle algorithm
- improved freespace shredding for external devices
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.1.10.04.02 (Jul 14, 2010)
- freeware/license selection in installer
- reached official Windows 7 Logo requirements (Status: signed)
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.1.10.03.16 (Mar 18, 2010)
- Improved freeware version with new available functions and features like
- freespace shredding, temporary files shredding and secure move
- Tuning for official Windows 7 logo requirements
- "new version available": page link by language
- "new version available": different message text and behavior for
- freeware/licensed
- fixed "view log" button: enabled for licensed version
- fixed English texts
- fixed bug with C:\ drive freespace shredding
- license can be passed as a parameter for msi
- uninstall shortcut is not created in program group
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.1.10.02.24 (Mar 18, 2010)
- Changed vbs custom action to dll
- Changed rar sfx to own exe
- start rights - invoker
- added message regarding out of license period
- Extended temp files search
- English language translation fixes
- Improved messages for freespace shredding
- Digital signature for all modules and installation itself
- View Log disabled for Freeware version
- Install/upgrade improvements
- global temp dir for msi
- German license agreement added for German version
- Minor fixes for x64 Bit modules
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.1.10.01.09 (Mar 18, 2010)
- English and German MSI installer
- native 64bit Data Shredder modules in MSI installer (only for x64-bit systems)
- Problem with saving license key file is fixed
- Tab navigation works now correctly
- Updated German manual and help topics
- Minor fixes regarding configuration menu
- Rename of “Abbrechen” & “Cancel” button into “Schließen” & “Close”
- DataShredderBoot.exe moved from system32 to application directory
- (64-bit) in About dialog added after the version files; only for 64-bit modules
- DataShredderBoot; deleted BootExecute entry when Data Shredder is uninstalled
- Uninstall old versions support in MSI
- Minor fixes and optimizations
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.1.09.12.07 (Jan 9, 2010)
- New configuration menu added
- Protect configuration settings with password
- Import and export configuration file
- Define a standard deletion method as default
- Possibility to block standard deletion method
- Improved report files
- Possibility to safe reports automatically
- Fixed shredding interruption dialog and logic
- Statistic estimation shown faster
- No warning message when shredding freespace
- Now it is possible to change the default language at any time
- Improved update checking options
- Minor fixes and improvements
- Updated help files in English and German
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.1.09.12.01 (Jan 9, 2010)
- New User Interface implementation
- Bilingual (English and German) build, selected by user’s regional settings
- New designed message boxes
- DPI free
- The small green “X” symbol (ProtectStar™ Data Shredder symbol) is now visible
- in all windows of the software.
- Smaller application/install size
- The short flickering’s while the calculation/shredding process is showing is fixed
- Optimized redrawing
- Problem regarding windows screen setting with 120 DPI is fixed
- Tab navigation is now possible
- No vcredist necessary anymore.
- Minor fixes and optimizations
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.0.09.10.07 (Oct 8, 2009)
- Windows 7 improvements and minor fixes
- Deleted window “Do you like to exit ProtectStar™ Data Shredder 2.0?”
- Packed with the latest vdredist.exe version
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.0.09.08.22 (Oct 8, 2009)
- Bug fixed: license key wasn’t saved when user update or reinstall the data
- shredder 2.0
- Bug fixed: There was a bug with the last used shred method and explanation text
- when the user shred the windows recycle bin
- Error fixed: Sometimes a wrong explanation text was listed when the user starts
- his shredding procedure
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.0.09.08.19 (Aug 20, 2009)
- New added “1 cycle: Overwrite with random values” algorithm to the shredding
- methods
- Save latest shred method
- Removed shred complete message
- Fixed back/cancel button
- Data Shredder now available for all user accounts
- VCRedist will be not uninstalled when Data Shredder will be uninstalled
New in ProtectStar Data Shredder 2.0.09.07.09 (Aug 10, 2009)
- Improved auto-update function with weekly reminder
- Safe defining wizard branch (for context menu)
- Saved license key (for updates/upgrades)