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Real-time on-the-fly hard disk encryption system.

CryptoExpert uses a real-time on-the-fly encryption system to encrypt and decrypt data. Your files are stored in the encrypted form on virtual hard drive with password authentication, 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. Complete support for command line. Support for USB Flash Drives to mount containers without passwords.

Containers added to USB Flash drive with "mount on connect" status are mounted automatically on Windows Start Up (when Cryptoexpert goes to tray notification area).

Features:

- Using powerful encryption algorithm to encrypt your data: CAST 128 bit
- Access to your files on virtual volume on the fly
- Mapping any free drive letter like G:, F:, K: for virtual volume
- Requires password authentication before the files become accessible
- Works with all Windows application - even DOS applications
- Really Fast
- Looks like normal hard drive

What's New:

The latest version includes new feature: Disk Firewall to protect your virtual drive contents from malicious applications like viruses, trojajns and etc.

Drive image icons are visible in main CryptoExpert program on Vista 64 bit. CryptoExpert's commands (mount, unmount) are also visible in shell context menu in 32 bit programs on Vista 64 bit.