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Here I want to recommend some unrenounceable crypto-related applications for Windows. Of course they are all free and open-source.
Password safes
- Password Safe
- Very useful application to encrypt all your passwords.
- KeePass
- Another powerful password safe.
Public-key encryption
- PGP
- Do I have to comment on PGP?
- GPG
- First-rate replacement for PGP; you may also want to have a look at WinPT, a GPG front-end for Windows.
File encryption
- Blowfish Advanced CS
- Excellent encryption program with lots of functions (key cache, secure file deletion, data compression, etc.).
- AxCrypt
- Easy and fast file encryption via the extension menu of Windows Explorer.
Disk encryption / encrypted containers
- TrueCrypt
- Creates encrypted virtual drives, very fast and secure (my favourite utility at the moment); use version 1.0 for Windows 95/98/Me and the latest version for Windows 2000/XP.
- E4M (Encryption for the Masses)
- The predecessor of TrueCrypt.
- ScramDisk
- Not as secure as TrueCrypt (to my view), but still very expedient; it also provides some comparatively fast ciphers like Square and TEA (note: for Windows 95/98/Me only).
Secure data deletion
- Eraser
- One of the best (if not the best) wipe programs available out there.
