Encryption

MyWinLocker

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How to Clean Mywinlocker

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.

GiliSoft CD DVD Encryption

• Trial version

If you keep your backup data or personal files on DVDs or CDs, then it is always a good idea to ensure the data is protected with either a password or some form of data encryption. GiliSoft CD/DVD Encryption is a simple tool that lets you create encrypted CDs or DVDs by adding password protection to them during the burning process. Key Features include: Fully encrypt your CDs & DVDs Password protect CDs and DVDs Secure Your CD/DVD data GiliSoft CD/DVD Encryption has been designed to work alongside your current CD/DVD burning software. It does not require a specific set-up process and you can begin encrypting your data in a few clicks. In fact, to get started you simply need to click on the “Enable burning encryption’ option, located in the system tray icon. When you need to view the data on your encrypted discs, just navigate to the app and hit the “Decrypt encrypted disc” button and it will decrypt the disc. Overall, GiliSoft CD/DVD Encryption gives you a reliable way to create encrypted discs. It is lightweight, it has a small footprint and is very simple to use.

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.

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.

Base64 Tools

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Codify

• Free

Codify is a lightweight encryption app that lets you create, edit and encrypt text easy and fast. The recipient of any encrypted messages needs to have a working version of Codify, and the password* to decrypt the message. Codify provides a good way to secure your data by encrypting it and making sure it cannot be seen by anyone except yourself, or the intended recipient. The app lets you encrypt unlimited file, such as MS Word or PDF documents, and you can also secure email attachments as well. Using Codify is very easy; simply choose the text, or a file, that you want to encrypt, and choose the password you want use for encrypting that data. If you want to, you can choose from a list of passwords. Overall, Codify is a simple, lightweight text encryption app that does exactly what it says on the tin. It is easy to use, and has a simple, single-windowed interface to work from and it uses hardly any system resources. The only downside that we can see is using the app on a shared computer, as any user would be able to access the password list as it has no restrictions. *Codify uses the AES-256 encryption algorithm to securely store your passwords.

Copy Protect

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Copy Protect lets you copy protect your audios, videos, documents and pictures so that they cannot be duplicated, copied or distributed by illegal means. Copy Protect converts all supported formats into executable applications that run only in the drives they are prepared for. If these files are copied to another drive, they do not run and become useless. With Copy Protect, you can allow other users to execute your files but not copy them to their own drive(s) making it possible for data in use security of your most previous files. Once Copy Protect converts your media files into executable applications, they can run without the need of any software on the other hand, minimizing the chances of unavailability. Furthermore, since files run only in the drive they are prepared for, you have zero risks of data leaking from one place to another. The program comes with a special built-in picture and document viewer that lets you view and read your copy protected files; and a built-in player for your copy protected videos and audios. With Copy Protect's playlist option, you can also organize and manage all your media files. Copy Protected Applications are portable; you can distribute them without any fear of data being copied illegally. Copy Protected files can be burned to a CD or a DVD or they can be copied to a USB drive or an external drive(s). Whatever destination you choose for your Copy Protected Applications during the creation process, becomes the location from where these applications can run. If an attempt is made to play these protected files from another location, they will not run. In this way, you can prevent piracy and illegal distribution of your media files. Copy Protect works perfectly on all 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Operating Systems that include Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 2008 Server, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Window 2003 Server and it is also compatible on all file systems like FAT, FAT32 and NTFS.

PDF Page Lock

• Free

PDF Page Lock enables users to lock or hide selected pages of a PDF document with a password. With PDF Page Lock, users could hide or lock selected pages of a PDF file while leaving all other pages available. Features include: Password Encryption 1-Click Unlock Hide PDF Pages AES-256 encryption algorithm The document in whole remains accessible on any computer, while the locked pages become protected. Hide or lock confidential pages of your PDF documents whilst leaving required pages open and available.

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.

Safeplicity

• Trial version

Safeplicity is a really useful tool that is deal for anyone who has sensitive files, which they would like to password-protect but don't know how. With Safeplicity, you can password-protect and encrypt all your confidential files in just a few clicks, without advanced IT skills. Key Features include: 256bit AES encryption. Windows Explorer integration. Automatic locking. Protect entire folder structure. With Safeplicity, you can password-protect and encrypt your confidential data in just a few clicks. To protect a folder, you simply right click on it, select ‘Protect with Password’ and then choose a password. From then onwards, whenever you try to open the folder via Windows Explorer, you will be asked for a password. Your folders are protected immediately, without any delay, while in the background your data is being encrypted. There is also a ‘Protect and Hide’ option to choose from as well. This feature makes your folder, not only password protected, but completely invisible. In case you are concerned about losing your password, there are also some optional password reminders to give you an additional piece of mind. Overall, Safeplicity has rock-solid security, with AES 256bit encryption. All data is encrypted, and passwords are never stored on your PC. As the interface is integrated into Windows Explorer it is very easy to navigate. It is lightweight , easy to use and can be navigated by all.

CypherX Crypter

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SensiGuard

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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.

Encrypt Easy

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Password Manager XP

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Password Manager XP is a handy little tool that lets you create secure, encrypted databases to store information in. Each database can be given an access password and is encrypted with various algorithms simultaneously. In addition to database creation, you can also designate the level of encryption to protect your database. You are able to configure certain parameters too, for instance you can choose concurrent write access, remember data sort order, and override global automatic closure timeout etc. Password Manager XP also allows you to set a customized backup option as well. Password Manager XP supports the following algorithms: Encryption algorithm: 3DES,Blowfish, Cast128, RC4, Rijndael (new AES), Serpent, Tea, Twofish. Hash algorithm used to generate encryption key: SHA, SHA-384, MD5, SHA-512, SHA-256, SHA-256, MD5, SHA-256. Encryption key length: 160 bit, 384 bit, 128 bit, 512 bit, 256 bit, 256 bit,128 bit, 256 bit. Password Manager XP has a standard user interface is fairly basic; some menu and shortcut commands at the top of the window. From here you can create and save databases, assign them passwords and add files and folders. Below this is the tree menu, which can display all of the created databases. Once your database has been created, you can add a new record by populating the general attribute fields, such as title, user name, account, URL, password etc. Overall, Password Manager XP can be navigated by all users, due to the standard interface. It has a small footprint and uses a tiny amount of your system resources. It also comes with a complete help file, including guidelines and snapshots to help you in case you get stuck.

Secret Disk

• Free

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FlashCrypt

• Free

WINZAP

• Trial version

A Beginners Guide to Installing WinZap

GoAnywhere OpenPGP Studio

• Free

GoAnywhere OpenPGP Studio: Simple and Secure Encryption Tool

Windows Password Unlocker Professional

• Trial version

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