Encryption

With cybercrime on the rise and hacking stories filling the news, file encryption software has never been more important. Luckily, FileHippo is home to the best encryption software, packed with great features to keep your data secure. Choose from many great titles including Folder Lock, TrueCrypt, and Anvi Folder Locker. These data encryption solutions protect files, folders and drives, encrypt your important files on-the-fly, backup files in real-time, protect portable drives, plus they can shred files and drives, clean history, and more! Explore our range of free file encryption software today and protect your data the smart way.

Windows Password Unlocker Professional
Trial version
Windows Password Unlocker Professional: A Reliable Password Recovery Tool
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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.
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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+
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Super File Shredder
Free
Super File Shredder: Permanently Remove Files and Folders
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Password Safe
Free
Password Safe allows you to manage your old passwords and to easily and quickly generate, store, organize, retrieve, and use complex new passwords, using password policies that you control. Once stored, your user names and passwords are just a few clicks away. Using Password Safe you can organize your passwords using your own customizable references - for example, by user ID, category, web site, or location. You can choose to store all your passwords in a single encrypted master password list (an encrypted password database), or use multiple databases to further organize your passwords (work and home, for example). And with its intuitive interface you will be up and running in minutes.
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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.
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GoAnywhere OpenPGP Studio
Free
GoAnywhere OpenPGP Studio: Simple and Secure Encryption Tool
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GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption
Trial version
USB flash drives are a really handy solution that can be used to quickly transfer files, share data or backup important documents, images, video and audio files. The downside to a really portable media such as a USB flash drive is they are physically very small and can easy be lost or stolen. In a worst case scenario, your data could fall into someone else’s hands. This is where a security tool like GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption comes into play. The app uses robust software that can encrypt a portable storage device and then divide it into two parts after it has been encrypted: A Secure Area and a Public Area. Key Features include: Uses 256-bit AES encryption. Password protection. User friendly interface. Supports all* Windows OS Free Lifetime Upgrade With a simple interface that can be navigated by users of all levels of expertise, and strong 256-bit AES encryption methods, GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption is definitely one of those tools you should check out. Especially if you use USB flash drives regularly. * GiliSoft USB Encryption supports Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Windows 7/8/8.1.
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Top Data Protector
Free
Free folder protector for Windows
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Secret Disk
Free
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Xiao Steganography
Free
Steganography - Hiding Data From the Spyware and Hackers With Steganography
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CypherX Crypter
Demo
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HideIt
Trial version
HideIt: Desktop Level Security and Privacy
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PGP Tool
Free
Secure Your Data with PGP Tool for Windows
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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.
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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.
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USB Copy Protection
Trial version
USB Copy Protection Explained
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Encrypt Easy
Trial version
How To Protect Your Identity By Installing Encrypt Easy
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BCArchive
Free
BCArchive: Compress data in encrypted, password-protected archives
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Encryption

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CrococryptMirror Portable

iBeesoft File Shredder

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Password Safe

Crypt4Free

GoAnywhere OpenPGP Studio

GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption

Top Data Protector

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March 22 tech news roundup: YouTube warns that ad blockers violate its ToS, Microsoft suggests users trade or recycle their old PCs, 8-year old Windows security issue remains unpatched

March 15 tech news roundup: Microsoft retires Remote Desktop app, Amazon Prime is getting more ads, Beware of polymorphic Chrome extensions

March 8 Tech News Roundup: Firefox gets Vertical Tabs, YouTube Premium Lite is back, Brother says it did not brick printers

March 1 Tech News roundup: Firefox confuses users with new policy, Google Pixel Watch 3 gets a new feature, New scam uses real mails from PayPal

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