"Don Bouchard" <dbouchard@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Can anybody recommend encryption software, compatible with Vista. that
> can be used by persons without a PhD in cryptography? I have tried
> Advanced Encryption Package (AEP) 2007 Professional and the latest
> version of PGP. Both come with insufficient documentation (what there
> is written is either erroneous or itself encrypted with gobbledygook)
> and little or no technical support. .
>
> I just need sufficient documentation to protect my financial and
> personal files from hackers and thieves.
>
Full version WinZip AES encrypted archives are simple and flexible to
use and you won't lose the data as long as you have a copy of the
archive file, your remembered passphrase and of course WinZip. You do
need to take care of originals and extracted files/folders in clear
yourself of course.

Any further opinion on how secure these really are, assuming a good
passphrase ?

Tom