Key Details of Abylon Reader

  • Decrypt and unpack SME files on your computer.
  • Last updated on
  • There have been 9 updates
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  • Virus scan status:

    Clean (it's extremely likely that this software program is clean)


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Abylon Reader 0/2

Editors' Review

Download.com staff

PC security is more important than ever, and a growing number of software makers and PC users are employing encryption, digital certificates, and other means of verifying the authenticity of files and programs. Security software maker Abylon's Reader is a free Explorer plug-in that can verify, decrypt, and unpack a wide range of signed and encrypted files, including CR2, CRP, PK7, P7M, and VSP7 files. It also offers secure delete, a certificates manager, a tool for creating your own certificates, and smart card support, all directly from context menus in Windows.

Reader opened with a test certificate included for verifying that the plug-in was working. While we regard shell menu integration as a major advantage with tools like Abylon Reader, and it's enabled by default, we could also deselect the option from the program's settings, which we opened by right-clicking the program's Manager icon in the system tray. Reader offers a fully indexed Help file, but nearly every feature or setting also has a clear explanation of what it does. We defined a default encryption system for newly created keys, which offered an asymmetrical hybrid option that requires a certificate and is recommended for companies, and configured other options like wipe level and the ability to create backups of keys. Next we opened the Selfcert tool, which let us create our own digital certificate, including RSA key, Alias, and Serial Number. The Certmanager certificates manager let us import or create certificates from the interface. We could also lock and unlock our PC from Reader's menu. Clicking on the system tray icon also opened a semitransparent, ribbonlike interface giving quick desktop access to Reader's features and settings.

That you can select Abylon Reader's useful suite of tools by right-clicking a file or folder in Explorer, by clicking the program's system tray icon, or by opening its customizable, draggable desktop toolbar sets it apart from similar programs. However, it's Abylon's robust decryption, verification, and certificate management capabilities that make Reader such a great choice.

What's new in version 10.0.2

Version 10.0.2 added support for windows 8.


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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
10.0.2
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 7
Additional Requirements
None
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Developer's Description

Decrypt and unpack SME files on your computer.
abylon READER verify, decrypt, and unpack SME files. It supports file extensions like CR2, CRP, PK7, P7M, VSP7, ASC, TBE, and Signed: P7M, VSP7, TBS, and SGN. The functions are offered simply by the right mouse button of the File Explorer. The software offers also an integrated certificate manager, a module for creating of self signed certificates, the automatically saving of public keys and support numerous smartcards and USB-Token. It features manager for certificate administration, creating of self signed X.509-certificates, and supporting of smartcards and USB-Token for decryption.