Encrypting your files with Password Protection using Winrar 128bit

Introduction

Today, virus vulnerabilities is a headache for the administrators and executives. Specially when a virus infected system start deleting your personal data.

Symantec found some of these threats deleting your personal data. Threats are listed below:

• W97M.Verlor (1999)
• VBS.Krim.C (2002)

There only purpose was to infect the .doc files, and Symantec finally got the resolution for these threats. But there are still many threats around us, which are infecting the systems, even today.

Well an old fact says, Prevention is better than cure, so here I’m giving you a simple tip to protect your files and folder with Winrar 64-128bit Encryption system. You may follow the steps mentioned below.

Steps

1. Get Winrar application from Rarlabs.

2. Install Winrar.

3. Select the files you want to protect.

4. Right click on the selected files and click Add to archive¦

5. A window Archive name and parameters will open. Choose Advanced tab.

6. Click on Set Password Button, a window Archiving with password will open. Enter the password in the field and confirm it.

7. Click Ok to save changes.

8. Archiving Process will start and end depending upon the file size and number.

9. After the process is completed, a Winrar archive will be created. Double Click to open the file.

10. Enter your password in the window to list your protected files.

11. Your encrypted files will be listed in the archive. Further you can open the files or extract them as required.

I hope this tutorial will ease you with your file protection and prevention.

Article by Akshay Khurana

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