What makes a directory junction so dangerous? An attacker can set a directory junction to trap an unsuspecting user into potentially deleting his entire operating system, or other equally important directory or folder. How? If a user (or program ran by the user) issues a destructive recursive command, such as rd /s (to remove directory recursively including sub folders) and that directory contains a directory junction to another directory, for example your c:/windows/system32 directory, you will unknowingly destroy your entire system folder!

If you use a file shredder, internet history eraser, or any other type of program that makes destructive recursive calls then you should make sure you know if that program can detect and avoid directory junctions.

AceErase automatically detects and avoids traversing through directory junctions. Shred safely with AceErase!