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5 stars
Version: BestCrypt 8.05.6
"genuinely secure - copy files to a container file drive"
Pros: on winXP pc I created a container file thats mounted as a drive, copied to a UNIX box, and used strings command to search container file for password, and searched whole of C: drive (win search inside files), and registry - could not find it
Cons: if you want to copy the container file between home and work, you need to have admin rights on work machine, so you can install bestcrypt program to mount the container file - there may be a way around this I've not explored yet
Summary: I am an IT professional (a UNIX / Linux systems administrator), and in my opinion this s really is VERY VERY good apart from the small con above - I cant understand why the planks in the british governement don't use this to make their files secure when they send out disks with peoples information on, (which they then lose)
I tried "folder lock" before, and found I could actually access files that were in a "locked" folder if backing up the folder with acronis, or copying to unix - but bestcrypt has none of those drawbacks - I am going to buy the full version of this product.
I have yet to search the C: drive with the unix strings command, as I am, not sure that the windows search utility searches for text inside non text files
I will post again if I find a problems with that
great work, thanks!
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