Encryption

MyWinLocker

• Trial version

How to Clean Mywinlocker

Gilisoft Privacy Protector

• Trial version

GiliSoft Privacy Protector is a privacy suite, which can protect your data by hiding and locking files, or by cleaning up your Internet history and computer activities. You can also securely shred files & folders and create private areas on your system to work from. Key Features include: Hide pictures, videos, and documents. Password lock files and folders. Securely erase sensitive files. Erase surfing and operation history. Create private disks. GiliSoft Privacy Protector has a familiar, standard interface that users of all levels of expertise can navigate easily. The main window consists of a series of privacy tools, which are accessed via a left-side panel. The right-side panel provides details on secured files and folders. The top toolbar has a drop down menu under a series of tabs. The first tab has the main toolset under the heading Protection. From here you can choose to Hide Data, Lock Data, Deny Write, Safe Delete, Erase History, Change Password, or create a private disk. The other tabs are changing the language settings and the help section. Overall, GiliSoft Privacy Protector uses strong encryption algorithms to ensure your data is kept secure. You can hide files, folders, and even entire drives if you need to. The interface is simple to use and the app is both lightweight and consumes hardly any system resources. So, if you use a shared computer and want to keep your data secure and private, GiliSoft Privacy Protector is something you should check out.

FlashCrypt

• Free

Kruptos 2 Professional

• Trial version

Kruptos 2 Professional is a solid security app for Windows that uses military graded 256bit AES encryption in order to prevent your data from being accessed or modified without the correct password. With Kruptos 2 Professional you can password protect any file on your system, including photos, movies, credit card data, and private documents. As Kruptos 2 Professional integrates with Microsoft Windows Explorer, it can automatically re-encrypt your files when you have finished viewing or editing them. This removes any possibility of human error, and you don't have to worry about your files becoming unsecured. Key Features include: 256 bit AES encryption. Cloud integration. Auto encryption. Microsoft Windows Explorer integration. File shredder. Self-extracting files. Encrypted email attachments. The app’s interface is both fresh and modern. Due to the Explorer-based layout, you are able to locate files easily and choose which ones you want to encrypt. You can use either the file browser or folder view to add files. Unfortunately drag and drop is not supported. Apart from being able to encrypt files locally, you can also send encrypted emails, create encrypted ZIP files, and create self-extracting encrypted files. With the ability to encrypt and share your data via cloud services such as Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive, Kruptos 2 Professional gives you a good array of security solutions, which allow you to protect and backup your data.

EncryptOnClick

• Free

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Rohos Mini Drive

• Free

Encrypt your USB stick and protect your data

GiliSoft Private Disk

• Trial version

Gilisoft Private Disk is a simple, yet powerful virtual disk encryption app, which can protect sensitive, personal data by encrypting it in files held on virtual disks. The advantage of saving files and folders on private, virtual disks is they are easily created and secured with the use of passwords. Virtual disks can also be managed in much the same manner as physical disks found on a hard drive, on your computer. Key Features include: Supports AES 256-bit encryption. Portable. Mount multiple disks simultaneously. Supports Dropbox encryption* Transparent encryption. GiliSoft Private Disk has a simple, intuitive interface that makes it easy to create private virtual drives in no time at all. To get started, simply select the size of the drive you need, and assign it a letter. Next, create a password to protect it and the app creates a private, virtual disk for you, which you can use to store your important personal data. If you use multiple private disks on your hard drive, you can switch between them in a few mouse clicks. You also have the ability to mount disks that have been hidden, and which cannot be accessed with other apps. In addition to supporting virtual drives on your disk, you can also create disks on USB drives, thereby providing you with increased portable security. Overall, GiliSoft Private Disk is a lightweight app that is easy to use, secure and robust with a few good features under the hood. *GiliSoft Private Disk can create an encrypted volume inside of your Dropbox (or other cloud storage).

SensiGuard

• Trial version

SensiGuard is a quick and easy way to protect your files and folders on your PC and USB flash drives. SensiGuard provides strong file and folder encryption, using powerful 256-bit AES encryption. Upon running the app for the first time, a simple wizard appears that asks you to set up your master password. You also select and answer three challenge questions as well. After that you are all good to go. The interface is based on a standard windows explorer style, and is very easy to use. Advanced 256-bit AES encryption. Instant file/folder locking capability. Identity fraud prevention. Automatic file compression for encrypted files. File shredding. Supports flash drive password protection. Overall, SensiGuard is user-friendly, lightweight and extremely easy to use. It doesn’t do a bad job, however, it’s not as advanced as some enterprise-level encryption software, but for home use it's ok.

USB Secure

• Trial version

USB Secure helps you password protect USB drives, Thumb drives, Memory cards, External drives and Flash drives. It supports plug and play and runs automatically once a USB drive is plugged in, asking you the password for it. USB Secure is hassle free and it doesn't need a rocket scientist to master. USB flash drives are the most popular way to move data from one PC to another. They are small in size but can carry gigabytes of data. They are easy to use, convenient, affordable, but at the same time they pose a security risk and can be easily lost, stolen or misplaced. A secure USB drive with password protection is a must these days as the data that it contains may cost you millions of dollars if stolen or lost. With USB Secure your USB flash drives and all other external storage devices can be very easily password protected. An easy to use setup program will guide you to put the program on your USB drive. It can automatically detect all such drives currently plugged into your PC. After installing simply run the software, and set and confirm a password to protect USB drive and all the data in it. To access your data again, it is important that you plug-in your USB drive into the computer and choose the Open this USB drive with password option from the Windows Autoplay that pops up every time you plug-in your USB drive. You can also double click the USB drive in your PC to launch the program. To unprotect your secure USB drives, click Unprotect and enter correct password to access your data again. Another great feature of USB Secure is that it doesn't require any Administrator rights to run and therefore there is no need to install it at the other end to retrieve the protected data. The program also supports plug & play and ask for a password immediately when the drive is plugged-in. USB Secure works on all flavors of 32 bit and 64 bit of Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2008 Server & 2003 Server.

WINZAP

• Trial version

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GiliSoft File Lock

• Trial version

GiliSoft File Lock is a useful little app for the security conscious. It allows you to lock and hide your documents, images, videos and other file types with password protection, using windows kernel level security. The app is a great solution if you are concerned about the security level of your private data. GiliSoft File Lock even protects your data in safe mode. The app supports 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP. Key Features include: Hide Files/Folders/Drives. Deny Reading Files/Folders/Drives. Deny Writing Files/Folders/Drives. Monitor Folder Changing and Write Log. Powerful Self-protection Functions. The interface is based around an explorer style window and is easy to navigate. To lock folder and file, simply use the context menu or drag and drop them into the app’s window. From there you are able to protect the contents from modification. Overall, GiliSoft File Lock is a good tool to protect your privacy and important data from theft, loss or leaks. It is lightweight, has a standard explorer style interface and leaves a small footprint.

CrococryptMirror Portable

• Free

CrococryptMirror is a rather useful and easy to use portable encryption application tool. CrococryptMirror can easily encrypt your important and confidential directories with ease and mixes high grade encryption with simple but extremely effective processes. The software works by mirroring the content of the folders you want to encrypt into an encoded container, which can then only be decrypted by using the CrococryptMirror tool, which is password protected. As well as being very secure, this also means you can effectively hide encrypted folders and data in plain sight from prying eyes. Additionally, a ZIP compression for storage space optimization is used. Mirroring can either be done manually (on-demand) or by using the included sync service which detects directory changes on the fly. As you would expect from an an encryption tool, the encryption protocols are high end, using both AES and Twofish (256 bits, cascading) algorithms. The keyfile is secured by a password of your choice, using PKCS #5 (PBKDF2) with a SHA512/Whirlpool based HMAC using 100000 iterations and also AES and Twofish. Basically, that means it's secure. We would advise against using ‘Password.’ ‘12345’ or ‘[insert child’s name here]’ as your password though. You still need to have a good password to get the most out of Crococrypt. But, as an extra layer of security, your encrypted files can only be accessed using the Crococrypt software. For anyone who just read that and went, ‘huh, what?’ CrococryptMirror is very good at securing your data and is next to impossible to hack, crack and/or steal it. It’s also easy to use. Key Features: Copying and synchronizing of files/folders/directories (recursively) to encrypted folders. AES and Twofish (256 bits, cascading) encryption protocols. Encryption of filenames. Source folders can be stored in multiple destination containers at the same time (e.g., USB disk drive and Cloud storage). Master password protected. Network drives can be used as sources and destinations. Explorer view to read encrypted containers. This version of CrococryptMirror is portable, which means not only can you carry it around on a USB stick or on your phone, etc, it doesn’t need to be installed, and can be launched from whatever media you have it stored on. You can also store and use CrococryptMirror from a network drive or cloud storage. CrococryptMirror is also 100% Freeware without a catch, and there’s no registration, activation, trial period, or adverts and it has no limitations. It’s also really good at what it does; and by that we don’t mean it’s good because it’s free, we just mean it’s good.

iBeesoft File Shredder

• Trial version

iBeesoft File Shredder gives you an easy and secure way to erase data, permanently wipe disk or shred data, and irreversibly remove sensitive data. It provides powerful protection for all your important information and privacy. It can permanently erase any file from hard drive, USB drive, memory card, digital camera, SD card or other drive. It can permanently destroy & erase selected data, leaving no chance for data recovery, without affecting the service life of the device. Key Features include: File Shredder Permanently shred and delete unnecessary files from your computer beyond recovery. Hard Drive Wiper Non-Destructive wipe all existing and history data on HDD and SSD to improve the reading speed. Partition/Volume Wiper Wipe selected partition and volume to improve performance, don’t affect the reuse of them. External Drives Wiper Fast and safe wipe unwanted data form memory card, USB drives, SD card, digital camera etc. With iBeesoft FileShredder you can reclaim space by deleting unnecessary files and redundant files from HDD, SSD, Computers,USB, memory card, digital camera, external hard drive, etc. to improve computer or storage device performance. iBeesoft say that the File Shredder can shred all types of files such as pictures, documents, videos, audio, archives, emails, etc. and it supports FAT 12/16/32, exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5, ext2, ext3, HFS+

Crypt4Free

• Free

Crypt4Free is a freeware version of AEP PRO (a powerful file encryption utility). Although it doesn't come with as many features as AEP PRO, Crypt4Free has all of the essential tools that most users will require in order to encrypt and decrypt files. Crypt4Free supports all kinds of various forms and medium, and it includes a zip and unzip utility. Crypt4Free provides two algorithms; DESX (128-bit) and Blowfish (448-bit), along with a ‘Quick Wipe’ file-erasing option. Now although the list of features and tools with Crypt4Free is meagre, it is however really easy to use. Key Features include: Full .ZIP support No "back door" access. Supports DESX (128-bit) and Blowfish (448-bit) encryption. Easy to use interface. Skin support . With Crypt4Free you have a number of basic security tools at your disposal, such as the file shredder and the user privacy tool; for erasing all internet traces, such as URL History, Favorites, Recycle Bin, Passwords etc.? Overall, Crypt4Free is neat little utility that supports various formats and medium. It has a .ZIP support and can encrypt data at DESX (128-bit) and Blowfish (448-bit). It is lightweight, easy to use and free. If you are in the market for a basic encryption tool, then Crypt4Free should be something that you check out.

GoAnywhere OpenPGP Studio

• Free

GoAnywhere OpenPGP Studio: Simple and Secure Encryption Tool

CypherX Crypter

• Demo

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PGP Tool

• Free

Secure Your Data with PGP Tool for Windows

Lockmydrive FreeLocker

• Free

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Cloud Secure

• Trial version

As more and more of data finds its way online and into cloud storage, keeping it all secure is becoming an ever-bigger issue. Cloud Secure is a clever little piece of software that enables you to protect your files and data stored on all your different cloud storage accounts, such as Dropbox, Google Drive & Box. Cloud Secure’s interface is both friendly and intuitive, and it enables you to access all of your cloud accounts using a highly secure password protection feature. What's more, you can use just one single password to access all your cloud accounts using Cloud Secure’s One-Step-Solution. A single password is all you need to access all your Cloud accounts such as Dropbox, Google Drive and Box drive with maximum security. Cloud Secure helps you to easily manage security on all cloud accounts simultaneously; requiring zero effort on your side to keep your data secured. All supported cloud services are locked on your PC automatically and you can view and access your cloud accounts on your PC from just one interface. Cloud Secure continues to sync your files and folders while your cloud account is locked. This helps you keep your files away from prying eyes without interfering with the syncing of your files in background. This is a really nice little extra feature that means you don’t need to unlock the cloud account to begin syncing. What's even better, is that while having the protection on, you can still access your respective Cloud account by clicking on the "View" button. In this way, your data can be viewed, synced and locked all at the same time. Cloud Secure can give you the access to all cloud accounts from a single interface, and you can’t view the accounts without a correct password. This means that you can share you PC without the risk of data loss, deletion or modification. Cloud Secure restricts the access of your files from prying eyes from stealing your data and protects your data from being deleted without your consent. This means that your files and folders are well protected and gives you complete peace of mind. Key Features Include: Lock Dropbox, Google Drive etc. on PC. Compatible with the latest versions of Windows. Access your files in protected view. Syncing while locked. Lock multiple Cloud accounts. Cloud Security on PC as well as the web.

Encrypt Care

• Free

Encrypt Care is an easy to use, but powerful encryption app, which gives you the power to encrypt or decrypt text and files in batch mode, and generate, verify and export checksums. Encrypt Care uses powerful encryption algorithms to protect your data. The interface is easy to navigate and quite user friendly, with drag and drop support for easily adding files for encryption. Simply enter your chosen password, select your destination folder and begin the encryption process. With Encrypt Care you can perform multiple tasks with checksums, including generating a checksum of any text or file, export checksums to .TXT file or copy to clipboard. You can also generate hash for multiple files, and verify checksums as well. Key Features include: Encrypt and decrypt text and messages. Encrypt and decrypt files photos, documents, and apps. Generate and verify checksum of text and file. Generate and export checksums for multiple files. Supports various algorithms such as AES, Blowfish, CAST, DES, IDEA, RC2, RC4, TEA. Supports various hashes including MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512. Small footprint. Supports Unicode characters. Supports batch processing. Overall, Encrypt Care is a good, all round encryption solution. It is an easy to use, yet powerful app that will protect the contents of your files and encrypt your text messages. The only downside we could find is that you are not able to set a master password that can be used for all encryptions. However, with some useful tools such as batch mode and checksum verification, Encrypt Care is a handy utility to own.