encryption software

hi,

i'm looking for encryption software to encrypt my appdata folder in windows vista

however, i need to be sure that the encryption does not interfere with the system's need to access and write to files in the folder

any ideas?

 

Hi quicksilver123, take a look and see if this may help you.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/idoo_File_Encryption_Free_d7467.html

 

sounds promising, but i need to be sure that its safe for me to encrypt the appdata folder with this program.

i don't want to cock up my system

 

You really do not want to encrypt your appdata folder in any operating system.

 

well, my appdata folder is being read by an unwanted third party. is there another way to protect this folder?

there's one application in particular that i want to protect

 

Again, you do not want to encrypt Appdata, regardless what you may have to hide. Basically if the drive fails, you lose the "key", forget the secret certificate, you are sol on trying to get the info back, since Appdata stores any info about programs that you use, and their settings.

If you are so afraid of what you are doing, use a pocket drive with "On the go" apps, for a web browser, or LiveCD.

 

If you want to encrypt, you do the whole drive, not just a folder, since the registry also saves info in what you are doing, and also in the base root folder, info is saved in the pagefile.sys, for what you looked at, etc.

There are military grade encryption software like http://fspro.net/disk-encryption/


Hardware level http://trendsupdates.com/ces-2012-amphibious-7x-rocstor/
http://www.apricorn.com/products/ha...es-encrypted-usb-drive.html?type=family&id=58
http://www.sourcewire.com/news/47948/keep-data-safe-with-military-grade-encryption
http://www.biometricupdate.com/2013...-usb-drive-with-authentec-fingerprint-sensor/

 

quicksilver123:

brownizs' idea is a good one, check out:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/PortableApps.com_Platform_d5429.html

and post # 3 at:

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=100603

Just as an aside to this, if this reading of your data is occurring in a work environment they probably are able to read much more than App Data. They may be using a packet sniffer on all their traffic. It is almost certainly legal for them to do this.

 

Cipher, when I worked for Cingular in 2003, they used hardware based network security equipment, that nowdays you can get in a router distro like pfSense or m0n0wall, for watching what is going on.

I have a old Navy buddy, that designs key logging and packet sniffing devices for use on networks, that most people would be surprised what the stuff can **** from their use.

The part I left out for the OP, is anyone with the right tools, can find out what they are doing, without even touching the computer in question, just by the pure fact that any ISP you are using, is going to be watching all traffic flowing through it.

As they always say, the network is only as good as those that oversee it.

 

thanks for those links. i'll check them out.

its not that i'm afraid of anyone finding out what i'm browsing... its just a minor annoyance.

 

brownizs:
When I worked at the university, we could see and browse all users network directories. Of course with physical access, our built in admin accounts gave us the machine. In addition, and we used Novell, we could remote to any user's machine with ease. We were required to get their permission as university policy, but didn't need it from a technical standpoint.

Whenever we would ask for this permission to remote fix a box, the users were always kinda stunned that we could do this. I always wondered about the professors/staff who told us they had an appointment and asked if we could remote later, how much fast and furious deletions were occuring. Not that it would be 100% effective...

quicksilver123:
OK then, a minor annoyance then. Understand that if this is work, App Data is not the only thing they can see...