InfoLock is an easy to use PC security tool. It's ideally
meant for PCs that are shared by multiple people. It creates one administrative
user who can subsequently create more users. The administrator also has access
to other features such as Windows tweaks such as hiding tabs from the Start
Menu, enabling or disabling printers, etc. The users can enable an option to let
the administrator delete their locked files and folders when their account is
deleted.
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InfoLock lets you encrypt and decrypt files through
asymmetric and symmetric file encryption. Asymmetric file encryption can be used
when you need to share the encrypted file with someone else and has different
passwords for encrypting and decrypting a file. In symmetric file encryption,
the same password is used for both. You can also fully or partially encrypt a
file in symmetric encryption. Text files can also be encrypted. It provides
1024-bit encryption for text.
The tool allows you to lock and unlock folders and drives.
Though this can also be done in Win XP, it is much easier in InfoLock. The
utility can also be pretty useful if you're still using an older version of
Windows like Win 98, or if you're using the FAT32 file system instead of NTFS.
InfoLock has a unique feature called I-Wizard, which adds
itself to the Windows context menu. Whenever you need to encrypt or decrypt a
folder or file, you can right-click on that file and select I-Wizard to perform
the task directly. Infolock lets you split and join files as well. You can split
files in up to 999 pieces. It also allows you to back up your important files
and restore them when needed. Other things that you can do include locking the
desktop, control running processes, package multiple files into one and even
lock it. However, some of these other tasks such as locking and controlling
processes are already available in Win XP, which makes them redundant here.
Bottom Line: Overall, go for this utility if
you're using an older version of Windows. If you're using Win XP, you pretty
much have all the functions as supported by InfoLock. The only advantage of
InfoLock is that it makes it more convenient.
Swapnil Arora