Customer Reviews

Cypherix PE Data Security Software

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I've been using this product to protect text and Word files for some time now, and it's as simple as can be. You can put your files on your hard disk or on a memory key and know they are safe. I suggest you pick a favorite poem or song and use three or four words from it as your password phrase, it's easy to type, hard to guess, and most importantly, easy for you to remember. You can even write down the first few letters or first word to jog your memory without compromising it. Otherwise, you would be amazed how easy it is to forget a password after only a few weeks of non-use.

Once up and running it is very simple to use. Be mindful, that if MS Word or your computer goes down in the middle of an encrypted file read/update that the .tmp(temporary) file which is in clear language may still be out on your system, as it would be using any encryption software. Be sure to delete, or even better erase (using eraser), .tmp MS Word files if that happens (files beginning with a ~ and ending with .tmp for the most part). Customer service is very responsive as is the seller 'Great Minds'. If using Windows XP, you can create an encrypted CD backup by simply right clicking on the file and using the 'send to' option. You can create bkups on any system it is designed to run on. Only change I would like to see is if the software actually said the file was encrypted, like Windows XP tells you in the 'Details' panel when using 'My Computer' after you click on the file. I have only had this for a few days so it may show it somewhere I have not discovered yet. The software does everything it says it will do including hiding the files and only displaying them when you key in a 1 to 100 character password.

I decided to buy the software after searching information on the web about similar products. I bought this software and didn't download the demo, so I can tell it's a great software. Simple to use, don't use much memory and you can maintain your files secure in your own computer or in an external HD, as I am.
It's really a great software, exactly what I was looking for.