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    Best Encryption Software

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by pky, Aug 8, 2006.

  1. pky

    pky Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone have a good free file encryption software? Right now I am using AxCrypt, but was wondering if there was any other ones out there.

    I like the ease of AxCrypt as well as the shred and delete function. I don't really have any files that really need to be encrypted, but it's always a nice to have.

    Thanks
     
    pky, Aug 8, 2006
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  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    TrueCrypt is, AFAIK, the best there is, and it's cross-platform.
     
    brianstretch, Aug 9, 2006
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    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    I second TrueCrypt. Absolutely the best out there, And best of all it is open source!
     
    cashmonee, Aug 9, 2006
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  4. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    I have a USB flash drive with TrueCrypt.exe on it, and an encrypted file. I store other things on it as well, but it lets me keep *ahem* private things on it (passwords and so on... ;)), and not worry if I happen to lose it, and use it on any computer.
     
    Pitabred, Aug 9, 2006
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    angelica Newbie

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    I personally use Digital Vault from StompSoft. I got my copy at http://www.stompsoft.com/digital-vault.html. It's not free, but none of the free encryption software I tried was able to do everything I wanted it to do and I finally decided it was worth it to just invest the few bucks in Digital Vault. Besides, they offer a free demo so it wasn't like I was risking anything by trying it out. If you're serious about keeping your data safe, you may want to consider foregoing the free stuff and investing a little in your data encryption software. As the saying goes -- you get what you pay for. ;)
     
    angelica, Aug 11, 2006
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