John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He is assigned a project to test the security of placed a backdoor in the network. Now, he wants to clear all event logs related to previous hacking…

AuditPol is a command-line utility for configuring Windows audit policies - enabling or disabling which events are audited - not for deleting or clearing existing event log entries.

Blindside is not a recognized Windows event log clearing tool and has no established function related to event log manipulation on Windows 2000 servers.

elsave.exe is a command-line utility designed to save and clear Windows NT/2000 event logs including the security, system, and application logs, making it directly effective for removing traces of unauthorized activity. Its targeted log-clearing capability makes it a practical tool for covering attacker tracks on a Windows 2000 server.

WinZapper is a tool specifically built to delete individual records from Windows NT/2000 event logs, allowing attackers to selectively remove only the entries that reveal hacking activity rather than wiping all logs. This selective deletion is more covert because completely empty logs can themselves appear suspicious to investigators.