The claim "....the hidden data can be displayed and unhidden only by entering the valid password.The data is completely invisible to other programs..." is not true at all. In my knowledge there is a program named WinUtilities Undelete basically a program for retrieving deleted data but it can show folder and files locked by any Folder lock program without using any password . It has a explorer based GUI. Normally after being locked/hidden the folder become 'System Folder' which can not be accessed from windows Explorer. But after analyzing a drive within 'WinUtilities Undelete' you can easily get inside that folder and copy all/selected contents to another location.
In case of 'Wise Folder Hider' the locked folder will be shown as empty inside the WinUtilities Undelete. But there will be a newly created system folder ( with some rectangular symbols ) . Just get into that folder till last and gain access to the Locked/Hidden content.

This is applicable for every 'Folder Hide / Lock' program including my personal choice Secure Folder by Subin Ninan.

But apart from that aspect today's program is overall good and it can be used for general purpose . But for very sensitive and confidential data this is not ideal. In that case SafeHouse Explorer is the strong option which creates hidden private storage areas on your local hard drive or external media to hold your confidential files. All files are completely invisible until you enter your password. One thing the password should be remembered always as there is no backdoor in case of password lost.

Jahid  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+124)

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Installed and self registered without problems on a Win 8.1.3 Pro 64 bit system. A clean install.

Wise, a well known company due to their registry cleaner and uninstaller, is a company without name and address: "WiseCleaner - About Us

Founded in 2005 by three young programmers, Wise Cleaner is dedicated to delivering simple, effective, free and affordable system utility software for Windows computers. With hundreds of millions of downloads and worldwide distribution, our software supports more than twenty languages, including English, German, Japanese, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish, to name a few. The EXE is digitally signed Lespeed Technology Ltd.

Some of the Wise programs are recognized by security programs as PUPs.

A small, only to full size scalable window in the blue Wise color opens, you add a file or folder and you hide it. In the settings you should disable updates, in the menu you can switch the language. This works without problems. It hides your files or folders under the current running operating system.
If you need a simple way to hide folders, you can take this.

Yesterday SoftwareBabe added a comment: "It’s just better to download PeerBlock 2.1". I have written about&recommended some time ago the software I use: HostMan. I prefer the blocked IP's for some reason in the HOSTS file and manage the HOSTS file. The recommendations are filling thousands of pages. Important is Rule No.1 "Know your system"!

Have a nice Sunday...

Karl  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+87)

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@Keya23.

No problem. You can do it with the HostMan, you should read before about HOSTS here:
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm and especially here: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hostswin7.htm
Greetings from Germany
Karl

@Keya23. No problem. You can do it with the HostMan, you should read before about HOSTS here: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm and especially here: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hostswin7.htm Greetings from Germany Karl
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Karl  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+53)

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The obvious issues raised by using a GAOTD offer to encrypt data have been raised very, many times before. It boils down to: operating system reinstall = have to buy the software at full price to regain access to my own data...

However, this software seems to niftily sidestep the problem by already being included as a module of the excellent Wise Care 365, which has already been offered as a GAOTD a couple of times in recent years. Wise Care 365 is also available as a free, portable ap which can be run from a USB. So, for anyone who doesn't already have some form of local machine encryption (and just wants to hide data on their own hard drive) I would assume that this could be seen as a useful, economical extra layer of data protection. Wise Care 365 is quite simply a genius piece of software; on a par with Ccleaner and Privazer so I have no reason to assume that today's offering will be any less erstwhile.

Personally, for local encryption I have used Safe House Explorer for years and will continue to do so until someone more paranoid than I am can prove that it is unreliable.

An elegant, free and open source solution to both local and on-line encryption (and storage - many programs such as today's giveaway concentrate massively on the data we wish to protect but ignore the systems on which we wish to protect it altogether!) is the tails project (tails.boum.org) which creates a standalone linux-based OS on a USB drive with an encrypted "persistant volume" - that's where you store your stuff... As an OS it comes complete with a TOR/i2p browser, solid encryption and can be used anywhere. It leaves no traces on the host machine. (It's a pain in the arse to configure but worth an afternoon to get it right).

In summary: everyone should pay a little more attention to their own privacy (privacy and freedom are strange concepts in a connected world) and any software that helps ordinary users help themselves is a welcome addition and thumbs up from me!

Keya23  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+44)

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Installed unregistered without any problems, on opening the password has to be set and this is done in a simple and plain interface.
Never dared to use a program of this type as I am bound to forget my password but the simplicity of this interface will maybe persuade me to use this one.

PandaCloud
On Wednesday PandaCloud antivirus BRICKED my and many thousands of other computers, to make matters worse they have done very little to make their users aware of the problem.
There is a recovery program, more information available at this link:-
http://news.thewindowsclub.com/panda-antivirus-update-likely-brick-windows-systems-restart-74490/

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