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PowerProtect 2

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Price: Free
Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT
Date added: May 02, 2006
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CNET editors' rating: 3.0 stars
Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 1 votes
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Using this freeware file password protection tool combines the thrill of the simple to use application with the agony of the suspected virus. PowerProtect couldn't be easier to use. The app lacks a Help file, but even a novice user will pick it up in seconds.

Use the common Windows file-browse tool to find a file--any file--you want to password protect. Enter your password twice and press the build button. That's all it takes to create an executable that requires a password to open.

So, what's the downside? Testers using McAfee found the antivirus tool automatically quarantined any file created by PowerProtect. The question becomes not whether or not this app works, but does it add a virus to your file?

We fall on the side of safety and recommend you skip PowerProtect. At least until the publisher creates a version that doesn't raise the virus flag.

Publisher's description

From Cosmin Pirlitu :

PowerProtect is a generic data protection software useful for creating password-protected loaders for all kind of files. The generated loader is also enciphered (so data is 100% safe). Program features are: create password-protected loaders for distribution (over the Internet/e-mail), strong enciphering for the password and for the file itself, reverse-engineer protection, original file name restoring. Version 2 optimized STUB (~60kb), improved enciphering and compression algorithms, and minor code corrections.

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