Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever-wonderful, yet ...

Questions about the splintering of the popular .zip file compression format may soon be resolved by the U.S. Patent Office. Two months into a standards battle between WinZip Computing and PKWare over ...

New in version ’08 Release 2 are: * Upgrade to Xar version 1.5.2. * Crypted zip files now uses AES-256. * Improved AppleScript dictionary to let automate also Email and Archive actions. * Added ...

You can also use StuffIt Deluxe to encrypt ZIP files (using only the AES-256 algorithm), but because of the way the ZIP format handles encryption, someone could see the names of the files and folders ...

Nowadays, the computer has a very important place in everybody’s life, as a personal gadget used for a lot of different things. Everything is digital, and it is stored on a computer’s hard disk or on ...

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While Windows doesn't give you the ability to create encrypted ZIP files, software like 7Zip does. If you choose the standard ZIP encryption (weak encryption) when making the ZIP file, then Windows ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Compression software companies PKWare Inc. and WinZip ...