How to protect your files and folders in your PC or USB Drive?

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by Adarsh Gupta

Your PC, USB Drives have a lot of data that could be sensitive. While you are not in office or if your PC is shared among other people in office, you may want to protect the data. It is particularly important if you have that data saved on a USB drive. If you lose that drive, the data can be accessed by anyone.

Here are some software that can allow you protect your data:

1. PackPal Folder Locker
   
   PackPal Folder Locker is a password protected software which can encrypt your files, folders, pictures, drives, and documents in seconds.Protected files are hidden from kids, friends, colleagues and kept away from viruses, trojans, worms, spyware,and even networked PCs, cable users hackers. Even if you move the locked files from one PC to other devices, such as USB Flash Drives, Memery Sticks, CD-RW, floppies, and laptops. Files are protected securely on these removable devices as well.PackPal Folder Locker can encrypt or decrupt any number of files, folders, drives, pictures and documents in seconds.It works on Windows XP/2000/NT/Me and all kinds of disk types like FAT16, FAT32, NTFS.

To use PackPal Folder Locker is the best method to guarantee that nobody accidentally or intentionally gets access to your private and confidential information.

2. File Securer software File Securer is a powerful tool designed to protect your sensitive folders and personal files. With strong security, File Securer embeds the protect into windows system kernel, both on command mode and window mode, all work professionally. With exceptional easy of use, File Securer let you be enabled to hide your folders and files any where. The locking and unlocking object function are integrated with system pop menu. It’s so easy, selecting object, clicking right button of the mouse, then clicking ‘lock’ or ‘unlock’, that’s all. If someone want to access you locked object, the system will say  “Sir, give me you password please!”, and the tools will record all the error password and win-user, then report to you.
3. Folder Lock Folder Lock® is a fast data encryption and password protection software for Windows. It can simultaneously encrypt, lock  and password protect your  files, folders, drives, USB drives and even CD/DVD-RW.
   Folder Lock creates encrypted storages called ‘Lockers’. You can keep as many of your private files & folders in your Locker and password protect it with a single click. You can transfer, secure and backup these Lockers. Lockers are  portable, you can keep  them in USB Flash Drives,  CD/DVD (R-RW), & notebooks or transfer them via email or upload. Lockers are even undeletable on the computer where Folder Lock is installed.
   You can treat Lockers just as you would treat them in physical world. Each user can have their own Locker. However, a single user can  create multiple Lockers with different passwords as well. With Folder Lock, you can choose either to encrypt using 256-bit AES on-the-fly encryption or lock files, folders and drives anywhere on your computer. Each Locker can contain your encrypted files as well as your personal list of locked items.
   Furthermore, Folder Lock’s options like hack attempt monitoring, stealth mode, data shredding, history cleaning and auto protection can enhance data security beyond anything ever achieved. In addition, a locker’s delete, move and rename are password protected to prevent data loss.
   Folder Lock is Windows Vista / 2003 / XP / 2000 compatible and is the most downloaded File Security program in the market today.