{"id":409162,"date":"2022-02-23T21:32:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T18:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/microsofts-critical-windows-security-tool-is-an-epic-fail-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T21:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T18:32:43","slug":"microsofts-critical-windows-security-tool-is-an-epic-fail-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsofts-critical-windows-security-tool-is-an-epic-fail-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Microsoft\u2019s Critical Windows Security Tool Is an Epic Fail \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Microsoft\u2019s Critical Windows Security Tool Is an Epic Fail \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Resetting a Windows machine and deleting all the data on it can be useful for businesses or before you sell a laptop, but only if it deletes all of your user information. App<\/a>arently, Microsoft\u2019s updated data wipe tool is doing the opposite and is actually leaving data behind.<\/p>\n

On some versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11, the tool isn\u2019t completely erasing all of the data, which is an epic fail for Microsoft.\u00a0The bad news<\/a> was confirmed by a Microsoft MVP named Rudy Ooms, who shared the findings in a blog post<\/a> and on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Microsoft recently updated the eraser tool, and Rudy Ooms was testing the \u201cremote wipe\u201d function, yet found critical user files remained after the wipe. It looks like Windows 10 version 21H2 and Windows 11 version 21H2 didn\u2019t erase everything and instead left data behind in the Windows.old folder. Previous versions of the tool didn\u2019t have this problem.<\/p>\n

If that wasn\u2019t bad enough,\u00a0when a user wipes a device, previously encrypted data becomes decrypted and readily available. Obviously, this is a critical security issue that Microsoft will need to address, but so far, it doesn\u2019t look like there\u2019s a fix. For now, we\u2019re not sure if this was the intended outcome, but when you go to Reset PC<\/strong> and click Remove Everything<\/strong>, it should remove everything.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that\u00a0users can manually remove the data themselves, which is better than nothing. Simply erase your Windows 10 or 11 system, then manually delete the Windows.old file that gets left behind. Additionally, users can use other wipe tools to ensure any sensitive data gets completely removed.<\/p>\n

via TechRadar<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n