Advanced Encryption Package Professional 5.1.8

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• Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $49.95 to buy
• Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
• Date added: November 07, 2009
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• CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 6 votes
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET staff on February 25, 2009

The mere mention of encryption can evoke images of lonely geeks or government operatives hunched over their potentially earth shattering work. Discussions of public and private keys can send even experienced computer users into a fundamental state of distress, but it doesn't have to be that way. Advanced Encryption Package Professional is a tool that can, at the very least, ease some of the pain of working with encrypted messages and files.

The program itself is decent-looking but quirky. It has a theme engine that works well, though the existence of the theme engine is both welcomed and perplexing, as an app of this size should hardly need such a thing. The major features, such as Encryption, Decryption, and self-decrypting file creation work well, as do some unexpected features such as file Delete/Wipe, Zip management, encryption key management, and file e-mailing. There are better tools available than the included "Privacy Manager," but the Clipboard Encryptor is a great addition that complements the main program. The only actual error encountered was that a self-decrypting executable we created didn't delete itself as we specified after completing self-decryption.

There were no stability issues, and our testing never bumped up against the 30-day trial's functional limitations. Installation was easy, but it did create Start menu entries without asking, and uninstallation left behind theme-related folders and files in the install directory. Ultimately, if you use (or need to start using) encryption regularly, Advanced Encryption Package Professional would be a great tool to help make things just a little easier.

Publisher's description

From InterCrypto :

AEP PRO provides secure way to protect sensitive files and send them via internet. With AEP PRO it is possible to encrypt, decrypt and securely erase files. There are several methods to perform operations: process files from main program, from Windows Explorer (AEP PRO integrates nicely with Windows 7, Vista, XP shell context menu) or from powerful command line utility. AEP PRO uses ~20 encryption algorithms (like AES 256-bit) to protect sensitive documents as well as this program supports asymmetric encryption (RSA 512-2048 bit). It can create self-decrypting versions of your encrypted files - the recipient of this file will not need to have AEP PRO to decrypt document. This software supports any kind of USB Flash Drive to keep the list of strong encryption/decryption keys, so there is no need to try to remember complex passwords - all these passwords can be protected by single master password on your usb flash drive.

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