Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can protect them using encryption.

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It allows you to create certificates, sign and encrypt your files with just a few clicks. Given its capabilities, the tool is quite simple to use and understand.

Here's how to use DiskCryptor, BitLocker, or TrueCrypt to encrypt sensitive documents or even entire hard drives in Windows.

How to Encrypt and Decrypt a File. Encrypting files on your computer helps to secure your data from unauthorized access. Microsoft Windows features the native ability to encrypt files and folders ...

Learn how to enable or disable Automatic Encryption of files moved to Encrypted folders using Registry or Group Policy on Windows 11/10.

How to Encrypt File Names. Now more than ever, it is important to protect your digital assets -- especially if you have a laptop. Whether your goal is to guard your financial data or keep nosy ...

In addition to Windows Vista Ultimate's fancy-pants dual-partition security technology, BitLocker (which I didn't have the hardware to try out, dammit), you can also encrypt individual files right ...

Malware typically works by reaching a victim server, encrypting the files and generating two encryption keys for the infected computer, one public and one private.

As Paradise uses RSA encryption to encrypt a file, the encryption process is very slow, which hopefully allows a victim time to detect the encryption taking place and stop it. When the ransomware ...