Copyright (C) 2006-2003 SecureAction Research, LLC. All
Rights Reserved.
Program description
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CryptoExpert uses an on-the-fly encryption system to encrypt and decrypt data. Data is stored in the encrypted form, but when it is requested by any application, it gets decrypted on-the-fly. Conversely, unencrypted data to be stored is encrypted instantaneously and then stored. The CryptoExpert system mounts a volume file to create a "virtual drive" that appears to applications and users like any other physical drive. Any data that the user attempts to write to this drive is intercepted by CryptoExpert, encrypted, and written to the volume file. Attempts to read from this volume are also intercepted, and the relevant data is read by CryptoExpert from the volume file, decrypted, and presented to the application trying to read the data.
Dismounting the CryptoExpert "virtual drive" ensures that data cannot be read from or written to it. All data is stored encrypted within the "container". As far as windows is concerned, there is a 'new' disk that has suddenly appeared. When the program exists or the volume is unmounted, the file system stays encrypted and there is absolutely no way anyone can recover/get the data without the pass phrase.
Benefits of CryptoExpert Lite:
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* Totally Free!
* Using powerful encryption algorithm to encrypt
your data: CAST 128 bit
* Real-time transparent encrypting and decrypting data
* Mounting encrypted files containers as 'virtual'
hard drives and mapping it as hard drive letters
like G:, F:, K: and etc
* Built in file shredder - i.e. wiping the contents
of the original pre-encrypted file beyond recovery
to make sure that not even a trace remains after
shredding. (matching and exceeding the
specifications of the U.S. Department of Defence)
to stop hardware recovery tools.
* Ability to send files via email (MAPI)
* Ability to access to encrypted contents from any your
favourite program like: Windows Explorer, Windows
Commander or even MS-DOS shell.
* User-Friendly easy-to-understand interface
designed to hide the complexities of encryption
technology from the end user.
What's New
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* See History.txt
Installation
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* Copy the distribution kit into the temporary directory
and run setup.exe
* Note: If you've got CryptoExpert 2006 Lite not from its web
page, but from the other source (magazine CD or some
software library), please visit its home page at
www.cryptoexpert.com - you'll probably find
the later version.
System Requirements
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* Pentium 166 based IBM PC compatible computer (or higher)
* 32 Mb of free memory
* About 1900 Kb free disk space
* Microsoft Windows XP/NT 4.0/2000
* A mouse
License
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* See License.txt
Technical support
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* If you've got a problem, please contact our support
team at support@secureaction.com. Please inform us
about the following:
- program version (from "About" dialog)
- Windows XP/2000/NT version (including service packs and
other fixes installed), US or international, OEM or
not
- computer information: CPU type, installed memory
- description of your problem (as much information as
possible to retrieve the problem)
CryptoExpert Lite Team
www.cryptoexpert.com - a business division of SecureAction Research, LLC