Sophos Free Encryption: Overview

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Sophos Free Encryption uses the state-of-the-art AES encryption algorithm and provides a user-friendly way of encrypting data. You can encrypt one or more files or an entire folder. The folder structure is preserved after decryption. There is also the option to compress the files before they are encrypted.

Please note that this free tool is not supported by Sophos Technical Support. If you need additional information please consult the following:

Getting the Sophos Free Encryption tool

You can download the tool from the Sophos website.

System requirements

A desktop computer with Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP (all versions), Windows Vista, or Windows 7.

Installing

Details of how to install are in the downloadable Getting Started guide.

Known issues

The following known issue is described in the knowledgebase article You might not be able to decrypt a self-extracting "*.EXE" archive correctly

 

 

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