Editor's review
In a world where you never know who may be snooping on your important business documents, keeping an encryption tool handy can prove useful. Now if you are a novice user you would rather prefer a user friendly application and PowerCryptor Free Edition 1.03 just may fit the bill. The application after installation gets added to the Windows Context menu. So when you need to encrypt any file or folder, just right click on it and choose Encrypt. The application can encrypt nearly every data type including music files, videos, archived files etc.
When you choose to launch the PowerCryptor Free Edition 1.03 application, you are greeted by a traditional looking user interface. To encrypt a folder or file you need to add the same to tool and then click on Encrypt. Now if you wish to change the password for an already encrypted file, you can do so from within this application. Similarly it is possible to remove the encryption from any given file. Moreover the tool allows you to conceal the filenames and path structure of any folder that you encrypt. One of the best parts about this tool is its capacity to generate secure passwords. Even the best encryption may fail if you choose to use a very light password. So this tool can give you a list of ideal passwords based on your chosen parameters. The tool can be downloaded by you without expending a penny. Further its compact setup size of just over eleven megabytes allows it to be downloaded and installed within a brief span of time.
As compared to more fancied encryption tools in vogue today, the PowerCryptor Free Edition 1.03 application impresses us with its straightforward simplicity while offering stringent encryption standards and gets marked with a score of three rating stars.
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