Encrypting your files and folders is very important to protect your data and files from being stolen and maliciously used by unauthorized users. If you’re not the only one using your computer or you’re connected to a network, you need to protect your confidential data from being used or read by others without your authorization. Choosing the best encryption software would be a difficult task as there are lots of good encryption software available, both proprietary and open-source. But if you’re looking for an all-in-one package for file encryption, IS Protector gets the job done for you.

IS Protector is a free and open source software for encrypting files and folders from your computer to prevent others from illegally accessing them. There are other features to look into this software as it offers not only file encryption and this review will focus on the pros and cons of this software.

The program provides a well organized, easy to understand and user-friendly graphical user interface. Menus are organized in such a way that they can be easily read, understood and located by ordinary users. Each menu will trigger another screen that’s large enough to display its function.

The main function of this program is to encrypt and decrypt confidential data. The program used strong file encryption algorithms to provide a full proof protection of your important files from being accessed or used by unauthorized users. In fact, the 16 algorithms being used by the program are all US Military compliant algorithms. Among of the strong used algorithms is US Department of Defense DoD 5220.22-M and US Army AR380-19.

Other features offered by this program that are significant in protecting your computer includes File Shredder that erases important files permanently so that no one can recover deleted files, Wipe Space can be used to permanently delete all the files you already deleted before you install the program on your computer, and the Wipe Disc which erases any content found on your hard drive, optical drives and external drives. These tools are very useful to prevent other users from recovering deleted data using file recovery software.

IS Protector is an all-in-one protection suite that protects your computer’s confidential data not only by encrypting them but also remove any traces of them once you’ve deleted them. You can be 100% sure that others cannot recover your confidential data that was deleted. You can acquire all these useful and amazing features free of charge by downloading it from here.

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