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| Thread ID: 138365 | 2014-11-19 09:29:00 | Free USB Flash Drive Protection | Neil F (14248) | Press F1 |
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| 1388343 | 2014-11-19 09:29:00 | I use Windows 7 Professional and have USB2 ports. Yesterday at a forum I asked about USB protection and Microsoft Rep said "use Bitlocker". That only can be used with Windows Ultimate and Enterprise so no use to me. Google Search was misleading with software suggestions and some were rather expensive e.g. US$78+ I should welcome recommendations from World Forum members. thanks Neil |
Neil F (14248) | ||
| 1388344 | 2014-11-19 20:04:00 | Depends how secure you want to be and how much effort you want to go to. You can Zip things up and password protect the zip file, that's one easy option and secure enough to stop casual snooping. Truecrypt is a popular option but requires administrator rights on all PC's you want to use it on. This page www.makeuseof.com lists a few ways with trial software that's restricted to 2GB. If you want a paid solution the cheapest option may be to buy a secure flash drive that comes with encryption. Others may have better options though, myself I never carry anything worth encrypting so I don't bother with any of this. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1388345 | 2014-11-19 20:39:00 | There are some USB drives that come with protection, one is sandisk secureaccess/ (www.sandisk.com) BUT it only works on sandisk drives. Another one that's similar, is free isSafeHouseExplorer. (www.safehousesoftware.com) With Safehouse, you simply drag or copy the original folder you create to any USB drive, OR as per the second video www.safehousesoftware.com when dragging only the safe folder as long as the software is on the computer accessing it, then you enter your Password and away you go. Both sites above have videos that show how to use the software. If you only wanted to encrypt single files, I use aescrypt (https://www.aescrypt.com/), to use it install, then right click select AES Encrypt, it makes a copy of the original, you need the software on any PC to decrypt it - only problem is when it decrypts by entering the password it then creates a unprotected copy as well, so you have to remember to either delete it, or encrypt it again. Theres plenty of free stuff about some works different to others, some are easy, some are harder :2cents: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1388346 | 2014-11-19 20:40:00 | You need to be quite exact with want you want to achieve in order to get some useful replies "Flash Drive Protection" is a bit ambiguous . Do you want write protection, read protection or something else ? Do you want to ONLY be able to read it via your PC, or on any PC if you have the correct key ? encryption wont 'protect' the USB drive, it will only make it unreadable. It can still be wiped or possibly infected with viruses if plugged into an infected PC. You can buy USB sticks with the encryption software allready on them, the data is hidden untill you enter the password. Data still isnt protected though, just hidden |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1388347 | 2014-11-20 02:18:00 | Windows 8 pro would also do it, it'd be cheaper than Win7 Ultimate or Enterprise. And if its a desktop, if the mobo has a TPM header get a TPM module off Ebay. Thats what I did a few mths ago now. Costs about $42-43 or something NZ Since I couldnt find any here |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1388348 | 2014-11-20 21:49:00 | Thanks for the replies. I use a laptop. Wainuitech , I'll try your suggested sites.. 1101 I basically wish to stop others being able to read any of he data including Folder Names . . |
Neil F (14248) | ||
| 1388349 | 2014-11-20 22:49:00 | I basically wish to stop others being able to read any of he data including Folder Names . That program Safehouse will do that, any window that's opened is blank until the password is entered. :) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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