CryptoForge 3.2.7

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• Price: Free to try (30-day trial, although decryption never expires.); $29.95 to buy
• Operating system: Windows XP SP 1, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Windows XP SP 2, Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 32-bit, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004, Windows 98, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows Vista AMD 64-bit, Windows 2000 SP 4, Windows 2003 64-bit SP 1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 x86, Windows Server 2003 x86 R2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Business, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows 2000 SP 3, Windows 2003 64-bit, Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows XP 64-bit SP 1, Windows XP, Windows Web Server 2008, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows XP 64-bit SP 2, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows 2003, Windows 2000 SP 1, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000 SP 2, Windows 2003 SP 1, Windows 2000 Server, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003 x64 R2
• Date added: August 01, 2009
• Total Downloads: 19,447
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Reviewed by: CNET staff on September 01, 2009

We all have secrets, but growing problems like identity theft put a premium on cybersecurity. Safety need not be costly, though: Encryption programs such as CryptoForge can help you protect your stuff. CryptoForge can encode your files and messages in up to four algorithms, which are strong enough protection to let you store items on unsecured media such as the flash drives and memory sticks and send things safely over the Internet. It has a built-in file shredder that does much more than delete files and folders, too.

CryptoForge's installation wizard speeds the setup process. The 30-day trial version is limited to a 14-character passphrase, but, to protect the integrity of your encrypted files, the decryption never expires. Also, there's no nag screen. Right-clicking the (optional) System Tray icon calls up a simple tabbed Dialog box. Among the tabbed functions is the shredder. CryptoForge wisely recommends users not defeat its warning mechanism since it will really scrub your disk: You can set it to overwrite files up to 99 times. Another tab controls compression, which improves security. You can also set CryptoForge to skip system files, run at startup, or show a progress window for long runs.

CryptoForge is well worth trying since, even if you decide not to buy it, the files you encrypt with it will stay protected and accessible. It's a simple-to-use program that offers about as strong a level of encryption as you can get, though, so for $30 for the full version, it's cheap protection.

Publisher's description

CryptoForge is easy-to-use encryption software for personal and professional security. It allows you to protect the privacy of sensitive files and messages by encrypting them with up to four strong encryption algorithms. Once the information has been encrypted, it can be stored on insecure media or transmitted on an insecure network (like the Internet), and still remain secret. Later, the information can be decrypted into its original form. The file encryption module enables you to encrypt, decrypt, and shred -with the built-in file shredder- files and folders of any type, and works on any kind of medium like hard drives, removable drives, USB PenDrive, tapes, or network resources.

Version 3.2.7 fixes minor issues.

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