96Crypt 2008.build.20

Founded by a group of experienced system analysts and software developers, eRightSoft is a company that comes up with security, privacy and multimedia applications for Windows. The company has a highly motivated team of developers that focus on coming up with top quality products and services.

One application eRightSoft came up with is 96Crypt, and application that weighs in at some 1.5MB. At such a lightweight download size, it should take but a moment for the download to complete. Downloading 96Crypt is the first step you must take, should you decide to give 96Crypt a shot.

The second step is to install the downloaded application. In this regard you must know that 96Crypt works with pretty much any version of the Microsoft-developed Windows operating system.

The third step, after you’ve downloaded and installed 96Crypt, is to start using it. What can this application do? Ina nutshell, it can protect your data by encrypting it. The highly motivated team at eRightSoft put a lot of thought into 96Crypt, so they developed it so that it can be easily used by the novice computer user, and at the same time cater to the needs of the advanced computer user.

The user interface is easy enough to figure out – so easy that even the novice computer will pick up the basics in no time at all. Furthermore, the application takes the novice user step by step thorough the encryption process. All the prompts and all the dialog boxes are pretty clear. If something puzzles the user, the contextual onscreen help and Help file do a proper job of clarifying things up.

The advanced user is not left out. For this user 96Crypt offers the following; the option to customize the output files, the option to select from 6 industry-standard block ciphers and 1 combined algorithm, the option to choose from 10 HASH function algorithms, and so on.

All the functionality provided by 96Crypt does not come free of charge. The application is free to try though – for 30 days, 30 uses per day.

Pros

• Lightweight download size
• Easy to use
• 6 industry-standard block ciphers and 1 combined algorithm
• 10 HASH function algorithms

Cons

• Free to use only during the 30-day trial period. During the trial period the application is limited to 30 uses per day.
• The CRC16/32 file modifier is disabled in the trial version.

96Crypt has been reviewed by George Norman on 13 May 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated 96Crypt 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent