Chilkat ZIP 2 Secure EXE for Windows

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• Do not Buy

  mdmatneyOctober 12, 2010

  Pros

  Nothing is a pro

  Cons

  See comments in the summary

  Summary

  Spent over a year trying to get Chilkat software on the telephone. They refuse to answer the telephone. I left probably 5 voice mails within a 1 month time-frame. I sent several e-mails. They never responded to a single voice mail and never responded to a single e-mail. Finally after 1 year of trying, I was able to get Matt Fausey on the telephone, and my question to him was why we had a hard time getting any response and is this what we can expect from technical support. Matt was rude and responded that they do not answer telephones where caller ID's are blocked. Which my home phone number caller ID is indeed blocked as I don?t feel people need to know my home phone number. Evidently I was able to get through this time because we called on our business line which does not block caller ID information. Even if they do not answer calls where caller ID is blocked that doesnt' excuse why they have not returned a single phone call. I highly discourage anyone from doing business with a company that lacks in customer service. The moment you need their assistance, they will not be there. In My opinion Chilkatsoft is one such company that does not deserve our companies business, which is a shame on his part as he stood to gain not only a large amount of money, but our recommendations on Linked In, Facebook, Twitter as well as many other place. Now we will be informing the general public about our experience with Matt Fausey and Chilkat Software chilkatsoft) in hopes of ensuring others are well informed before they decide to do business with this person or his company.

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• Chilkat support is HORRIBLE

  jtdayusaDecember 22, 2009

  Pros

  Easy to deploy, but that is where the fun stops.

  Cons

  Software is buggy beyond belief. Support staff refuses to believe that bugs exist and offers no help (even though you supposedly have a year of support included).

  Summary

  Not a reliable product or company. Product works moderately in the test lab but fares POORLY out in the real world.

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• Nice

  IliushaApril 12, 2008

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• Fast and easy to use

  VivamexLimitedMarch 8, 2007

  Pros

  Very easy to use. Very fast. <p> <p>I'm pretty sure the secure mail I have to send will be safer than open text or an insecure office or winzip protected file (cracks are everywhere on the net). <p> <p>Just chose my own password and sent the file. No visible messing with keys, or tokens. <p> <p>Nothing for user at other end to have preinstalled on own machine. They just run the exe.

  Cons

  Doesn't do the whole thing. You create the zip yourself with another tool (Winzip for most people) and then the EXE from that. It won't direct zip and exe from a doc for instance. <p> <p>I'll have to take their word for it on the encryption as I've no earthly way of checking it. Still - why wouldn't it be right. The required libraries are out there in software development languages and this an entirely good thing to do with them. <p> <p>Mmmm. Just realised one bad thing. You just know the incoming EXE is going to get execution blocked on receipt by the receiving mail program and possibly even stripped out if your recipient is in a corporate!

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