How to keep files and folders safe from prying eyes.

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Reviewed by: CNET staff on December 23, 2009

GiliSoft File Lock offers to keep files and folders safe from prying eyes. Its effective safeguards are easy to set up and difficult to crack, which makes for a great security tool.

GiliSoft File Lock has an attractive interface that is simple to operate. The program guides users through the entire process with a few simple onscreen instructions. We never felt compelled to visit the Help file because we always felt in complete command of the program’s functions. We were able to pluck individual files, whole folders, or entire drives off our computer and lock them down with password protection. Clicking on any protected item prompts an Access Denied message, making them impossible to open without the correct password. In addition, GiliSoft File Lock also has the ability to hide entire files, folders, and drives, thus making them invisible to unauthorized users. Luckily, these locks are just as easy to turn off as they are to turn on. The program smartly offers a feature that allows you to enter an e-mail address to have your password sent to, in case you forget it. This is an impressively simple program to operate, but it’s impressively effective in the performance of its duties, too.

GiliSoft File Lock has a 14-day trial period. It left folders behind after uninstalling. Its command and security make this a great program, and we highly recommend it.

How to Encrypt Emails?

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We provide two ways to help you to encrypt your emails:

1: Use GiliSoft Private Disk to encrypt emails:

GiliSoft Private Disk is a file encryption software that does not only secure your data on your computer, but also offers another exceptional and valuable feature of sending your encrypted files and folders through emails, CDs/DVDs and other portable devices like USB drive, thumb drive and memory cards. This feature of GiliSoft Private Disk  enables you to backup, move, email and transfer your password protected files and folders anywhere you want.

You can encrypt folders and files and send it easily through Email in the same way as you send any other file. All you need to do is simply attach the encrypted data to the email.

• First, log in to your email service.

• Open your email and go to the attach files option.

• To attach encrypted files and folders, click browse and select the Private Disk (*.gpd) containing your encrypted data that you wish to send.

All your files and folders inside Private Disk (*.gpd) will remain protected. You can access them by downloading the attached file on any computer and open it with GiliSoft Private Disk by providing correct password.

These Private Disks(*.gpd) can be uploaded in web-based interface or you can even send them through messenger’s file transfer. GiliSoft Private Disk assures full portability of your encrypted folders. You can also keep a backup of these Private Disks(*.gpd) in your email, MySpace or even on your own web server. GiliSoft Private Disk with its 256-bit AES on-the-fly encryption standard makes it impossible to decrypt these files without the correct password; so you can feel safe keeping an online backup as well.

Kindly note that GiliSoft.com for the sake of your security recommends not to send the password of the emailed Private Disks(*.gpd) via same email, it is rather safe to give your password through phone or by another means.

2: Use GiliSoft File Lock Pro to encrypt emails:

You can use a password to encrypt the data into a encrypted container (*.gfl) or you can use a password to packet a folder to a  encrypted container (*.exe).

Then send the container to reciever and tell us the password of it.They can access them by downloading the attached file on any computer and open it with GiliSoft File Lock Pro by providing correct password. If the attached file is a  encrypted container (*.exe),they can open it without GiliSoft File Lock Pro.

a  encrypted container (*.exe).

How to password protect CD/DVD?

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To password protect a CD/DVD, you need specialized software to encrypt and lock the contents before burning the data onto the disc. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you do it using Gilisoft solutions or similar software:

https://download.gilisoft.com/gs/secure-disc-creator.exe

Using Gilisoft Secure Disc Creator

  1. Download and Install the Software:

    • Download Gilisoft Secure Disc Creator from the official website.
    • Install the software on your computer.

  2. Prepare Your Files:

    • Collect all the files you want to burn onto the CD/DVD.

  3. Launch Secure Disc Creator:

    • Open the program and insert a blank CD/DVD into your drive.

  4. Set Up the Password Protection:

    • Add the files you want to secure to the software interface.
    • Enable encryption and set a strong password for the disc. The software uses advanced encryption standards (AES-256) to ensure your data is secure.

  5. Burn the Disc:

    • Once the encryption is configured, proceed to burn the disc.
    • The software will encrypt the files and create a virtual encrypted drive that requires the password to access.

  6. Test the Disc:

    • After burning, eject and reinsert the CD/DVD to ensure the password protection is active.
    • You’ll be prompted to enter the password to access the protected contents.

Features of Gilisoft Secure Disc Creator:

  • Secure Area and Public Area:
    • You can create a protected section (requires a password) and a public section (accessible without a password) on the same disc.
  • Compatible Across Systems:
    • The protected disc works on Windows systems without requiring the software installed.

This method ensures your sensitive files are secure even if the physical CD/DVD falls into the wrong hands. If you’d like, I can guide you further or assist with other Gilisoft tools!

GiliSoft Secure Disc Creator works as a CD/DVD Data Locking Software, through which you can very easily and effortlessly password protect folders and files on CD/DVD. GiliSoft Secure Disc Creator gives you full feasibility to lock CD data, password protects CDs/DVDs, so that you can carry your data anywhere with you.

GiliSoft Secure Disc Creator with its strong password locking protection enables you to lock CD data, files, folders, drives and any other important information with ease and also ensures complete privacy.
GiliSoft Secure Disc Creator offers a different way to save files and sensitive documents on CD/DVD safe from prying eyes.

The aim of GiliSoft Secure Disc Creator is to burn a password protected disc that hold files of any type and size. By default features pictures of 650MB, 700MB and 4.7 GB, but you can set the desired size.

GiliSoft Secure Disc Creator also can generate an password protected ISO file that includes documents and files, with the possibility of keeping some in the open, or public, and some only visible with the password set previously.

GiliSoft Secure Disc Creator has the ability to save the ISO file or burn directly to CD or DVD physical as well as to mount the ISO like a regular disk drive in Windows.

How to Lock folders and files quickly?

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People always want an easy and fast way to password protect and lock folders and files on their hard drives rather than complicating themselves with sophisticated encryption processes that takes minutes or even hours to complete.

If you want to lock folders and files in local disk on computer,you can choose GiliSoft File Lock. GiliSoft File Lock provide the fastest way to password protect and lock folders and files on local disk.

If you want to lock folders and files in local disk on computer and external hard disk,you can choose GiliSoft Private Disk. GiliSoft Private Disk is a file locking software that offers shatterproof password locking protection for your files, folders, pictures, videos and drives. It offers two fastest methods to protect your confidential data; Hide and Encrypt. Both the methods are exceptionally fast and protect your data from getting accessed by unauthorized users.

So you can choose GiliSoft File Lock to lock file, folder or drive and can choose GiliSoft Private Disk to encrypt to password protect your USB drive,notebooks. Home users would rather use lock feature than encryption. The reason for this is because they are non-technical and do not complicate themselves with sophisticated encryption algorithms.

GiliSoft File Lock‘s lock feature is designed for those who want to keep their files and folders locked from kids and non-technical users and do not want to waste too much time by using other complicated software.You can simply lock folders, private data and important files with your desired password. GiliSoft File Lock secures and hides your personal data like source codes, and emails etc and restricts unwanted eyes to access your data.

GiliSoft International LLC. is the pioneer in security and internet solutions.  Our foremost priority is to provide complete satisfaction to our valued customers. We provide our clients peace of mind by keeping their data secured and protected from all kinds of intrusions and security breaches.

How to Password Protect USB Drive?

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GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption lets you password protect USB drive, external drives and even memory cards in a snap. You can access your data anytime anywhere you want by simply using the password you set in it previously.  This feature is also included in our another product called  GiliSoft Private Disk .

Download GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption, and see how easy it is to password protect folders and files on any portable device. Follow any of the following methods to achieve just that:

Step 1 to Password Protect USB Drive

Plug your memory stick in computer and backup your files on usb drive. GiliSoft USB Drive Encryption will format usb drive automatically during creating a password protected secure area for vital files, so I highly advise you to backup your files on usb drive.

Step 2 to Password Protect USB Drive

Choose your target usb drive, set size of the secure area according to your needs, and then click Install to go to next step.

Step 3 to Password Protect USB Drive

Set username and password for your usb drive. The password should be easy for you to remember because you’ll get it back when you forget it. And it means that you’ll lose your protected data on usb drive.
And now you get a password protected USB drive. You’ll never worry about data loss after dragging and dropping your data into the secure area on the password protected USB drive.

How to lock a folder with a password?

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GiliSoft File Lock is a software program that allows you to set a password for folders or files or disks(drives) of your choice. It supports the following operating systems:

  • Windows 7
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP Home and Professional
  • Windows 2000

How to lock a folder with a password in Windows 2000?

Step 1: Select the folder you want to password protect,and right click it.

Step 2: Select “Lock it” menu item and enter the password to lock it.

To access the locked folder,please double click the folder and enter password on the next window.After you access the datas in the folder,you can close the folder and the folder can be locked automatically again.

How to lock a folder with a password in xp?

Step 1: Select the folder you want to password protect,and right click it.

Step 2: Select “Lock it” menu item and enter the password to lock it.

To access the locked folder,please double click the folder and enter password on the next window.After you access the datas in the folder,you can close the folder and the folder can be locked automatically again.

How to lock a folder with a password in vista ?

Step 1: Select the folder you want to password protect,and right click it.

Step 2: Select “Lock it” menu item and enter the password to lock it.

To access the locked folder,please double click the folder and enter password on the next window.After you access the datas in the folder,you can close the folder and the folder can be locked automatically again.

How to lock a folder with a password in windows 7?

Step 1: Select the folder you want to password protect,and right click it.

Step 2: Select “Lock it” menu item and enter the password to lock it.

To access the locked folder,please right click the folder and select “Unlock it” and enter password on the next window to unlock it. After you access the datas in the folder,please close the folder and lock it again.

How to Password Protect Folders?

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GiliSoft File Lock Pro is a file locking and data encryption software to password protect files, folders, drives, USB drives, CDs, DVDs and notebooks. It uses 256 bit-AES on-the-fly encryption which is the most trusted encryption algorithm used in U.S military. With GiliSoft File Lock Pro installed on your computer, you can password protect folders and files with just a single mouse click. It is a user-friendly interface that does not complicate its users, rather provides them an easy way to lock and encrypt files and folders.

GiliSoft File Lock Pro comes with many useful features that make it best file encryption software. It offers fastest encryption, strong password locking protection, USB portability, file shredding,integration with Windows Context Menu and much more…

• Hide Data :
GiliSoft File Lock Pro can hide your private files folders and drives, to make them completely invisible to users and programs.

• Lock Data :
The locked files/folders/drives are protected from accessing, users can not open, read, modify, move, delete, copy, rename the protected files/folders without password. Files and sub-folders in a locked folder are also protected.

•Encrypt Data :
It can encrypt files and folders of any type.

•Portable Encryption :
It packs and encrypts a folder into an executable (.exe file) with AES encryption algorithm. You can encrypt important data by this method, and then send it over the network or by other means to be used on a machine without Gili File Lock Pro.

• Safe Delete :
GiliSoft File Lock Pro allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.No one can recover deleted data from your disk if you secure delete it.

• Password Protected:
GiliSoft File Lock Pro is a password-locked software,that is to say,there’s no other way to run or unstall it if you have not the password.

Follow these simple and easy steps to password protect folders and files:

Step 1: Slect the folder you want to password protect,and right click it.

Step 2: Select “Lock it” menu item and enter the password to lock it.

How to Disable Password Locking Protection?

Follow these simple and easy steps to disable password protect folders and files:

Step 1: Slect the locked folder you want to disable password protect,and right click it.

Step 2: Select “Unock it” menu item and enter the password to unlock it.

Hide private data on your computer

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If you share your computer with other people and don’t want them to run certain programs or access specific folders, GiliSoft File Lock is the program you need.

With GiliSoft File Lock you can easily hide data (files, folders, or even whole drives) or block access to any file, folder or drive. Simply select the elements you want to hide or lock, and press the appropriate button. Restoring them to normal status is just as easy.

Once the selected files and folders have been hidden, they’ll remain invisible to other users. If you prefer to lock them, they’ll be visible but only accessible if you enter the right password.

GiliSoft File Lock is easy to use and works fine. The only drawback I can think of is the lack of support for drag and drop – not to mention the fact that if you lose the program’s master password you’re doomed, as there’s no way to recover it.

GiliSoft File Lock lets you protect private data in your computer by hiding or blocking access to specific files, folders and hard drives.

To hide private data now!

How to Password Protect Memory Sticks?

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Protecting the data you carry on a USB memory stick is something that many people are worried about. Luckily you can now use GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption to make sure all those files are safe from prying eyes.

With GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption you can easily protect the documents you copy to your USB memory by safeguarding them with an encryption algorithm and also setting up a customizable password. GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption is simple to use: just plug the USB drive to your system and enter the password you want to use to protect the data.

If you intend to store confidential files on a memory stick, security should be an important issue for you. Incidents concerning lost memory sticks often occur. A survey in UK reveals that 4,500 memory sticks had been forgotten in people’s pockets as they take their clothes to be washed at the local dry cleaners in 2009. What we should worry about is not the memory sticks, but the vital files contained on them. It could be a disaster to have the important information fall into someone’s hands, like the health records of more than 80,000 patients contained in the lost unencrypted memory stick in Canada according to CBC news.
For this, you can enhance memory stick security with USB encryption software which allows you to password protect memory sticks to keep your data remain safe even if you misplace or lost them. Some USB encryption software allows you to create a password protected secure area to store your important files and the size of the secure area is decided by you. Anyone who wants to access the data on secure are must have the right password. This can fully ensure the security of your vital data even memory stick is lost or stolen. And it will make no trouble for you because you can easily access to password protected data in any computer even without the encryption software installed.

The good thing about GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption is that it creates a disk partition inside the USB memory device, which means that you can still save some space for files that do not need to be protected.

Since you know USB encryption software can help you, next you just need to get one to start improving security of your memory sticks. A basic Google search is supposed to come back many results on the software options available to you. Select one that suits your needs best. Personally, I’m using GiliSoft USB Drive Encryption. It is professionally designed to password protect memory stick and other USB storage media and adopts 256-AES, the highest level protection to keep your data safe. With it, you can also write protect the files on secure area and delete the access to secure area to hide it to get maximum protection for vital file on memory sticks.
Download and install GiliSoft USB Drive Encryption and begin to password protect memory sticks following the below step-by-step guidance.

Step 1 to password protect memory sticks

Plug your memory stick in computer and backup your files on memory stick. GiliSoft USB Drive Encryption will format memory stick automatically during creating a password protected secure area for vital files, so I highly advise you to backup your files on memory stick.

Step 2 to password protect memory sticks

Choose your target memory stick, set size of the secure area according to your needs, and then click Install to go to next step.

Step 3 to password protect memory sticks

Set username and password for your memory stick. The password should be easy for you to remember because you’ll get it back when you forget it. And it means that you’ll lose your protected data on memory stick.
And now you get a password protected memory stick. You’ll never worry about data loss after dragging and dropping your data into the secure area on the password protected memory stick.

How to Password Protect USB Drive?

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USB drives are ideal for storing your files, music, videos and photos, and carrying confidential data between Office and home, between PC and Mac. Meanwhile, they can be easily lost or stolen, and anyone who gets your lost drive can easily access to all the documents and data it contains. It’s a risk for you.

To avoid the risk, some measures you should take to protect your USB drive. USB encryption software is a good choice for you. Encryption software allows you to create a protected area to password protect vital data on USB drive. Anyone wants to get the important data, he has to enter the password or else he cannot access it. GiliSoft USB Drive Encryption is one of the good protection programs.
GiliSoft USB Drive Encryption with 256-bit AES allows you to create a secure area, enabling you to password protect vital files on USB drive while keep normal files shareable for everyone. The size of secure area is up to you and you can access to secured data on USB drive with correct password in any computer without installing the encryption software. It is very convenient.
The following are the steps on how to password protect USB drive with GiliSoft USB Drive Encryption.
Step 1: Download GiliSoft USB Drive Encryption from here and install it in your computer.
Keep your installed encryption opened after installation.

Step 2: Insert your USB drive into computer and backup your files on USB drive.
GiliSoft USB Drive Encryption will format your USB drive automatically during encryption, so we highly suggest you to backup the files on the drive in begin.

Step 3: Choose your target USB drive and set the size of secure area according to your needs, and then click Install.Step 4: Set user name and password to protect USB drive. The password must be 6 characters in length and make sure it’s something easy for you to remember, yet virtually impossible for others to guess.

The secure area now has been created, and you have now password protected USB drive. Next you simply need to drag and drop the files you want to protect into the secure area after opening it by right password. When you have stored your files on the secure area, you have stopped others from accessing your sensitive information.