Folder Lock Software

I would suspect by now most Good Booters have their favorite way of securing their computer from the prying eyes of Sara Snoop and Nosey Ned. Perhaps it’s providing a Guest Account that will not allow them access to password protected files, folders and settings or if they happen to be regular visitors to your computer, maybe you’ve created Standard user accounts with permission to access only Public files and folders.

But what if all you need is a safe, secure but easy to access location on your computer for your most sensitive documents? If that’s all you need, I suggest you consider Folder Lock (Google it).

Folder Lock software provides exceptionally fast data encryption and password protection. In fact it can simultaneously encrypt, lock and password protect your sensitive files, folders, drives, USB drives and even CD/DVD-RW’s.

A user friendly Wizard guides you through the steps necessary to create encrypted “Lockers” in which you can store any number of your sensitive files and folders and then with a single click password protect the Locker.

And to insure you do not accidently delete a Locker containing your sensitive documents, Locker files can not be deleted on the computer on which Folder Lock is installed.

For added protection, Folder Lock locks the computer if too many incorrect password attempts are made and keeps a log of any and all attempts to open a locked folder. And by not saving your password in your registry or on your hard drive, you’re safe from hackers and crackers.

In my opinion Folder Lock is well worth $39.95. But if you’d like to give the program a try before purchasing, there is a trial version.

My recommended freebie this week is VirusTotal (www.virustotal.com).

VirusTotal uses 41 different anti virus products to check for viruses on a file(s) you can send either via its website or via e-mail. It allows a user and I quote: “to check for viruses that the user’s own anti virus program may have missed or to verify against false positives.”

It’s certainly a potential “when in doubt” backup for one’s anti virus program. However, it does have a couple of drawback. One, it can only scan submitted files and cannot perform system -wide scans. And two, only files of up to 20 MB can be uploaded or emailed to VirusTotal for scanning.

Being the ultra cautious conservative fellow I am, of late I’ve been using VirusTotal to provide a secondary scan of many of my downloaded files.

Here’s wishing you a Good Boot.