The reason why I am posting it is that I am going to post it on many major forums So why AxCrypt keeps unencrypted copies of files for weeks? And to make it really easy in AxCrypt folder? Why users don`t know anything about it?
#CNET AXCRYPT PASSWORD#
Of course, I will never use AxCrypt for anything that is valuable maybe in case I don`t want my kids to access something but any other case there is no way after discovering that my encrypted files with strong password are easily accessed without any effort.
#CNET AXCRYPT HOW TO#
So I feel that information should be available to people who want to use this software to warn them that if they are using it on their laptop or USB drive which can be stolen/lost/accessed at work etc, etc, they should be aware that there are copies of their files that can be easily accessed by anyone with minimum knowledge how to use a PC. And just to mention there were 4 more subdirectories with files I haven`t used in weeks – also decrypted. I would and many of users already agreed with me, prefer to lose the latest information which hasnt been saved than let to store for such a long time an unencrypted copy of that file where anyone who has access to the device can access it. SO MY CONCLUSION is that AxCrypt MIGHT work and protect Your files but DEFINITELY WON`T PROTECT YOUR FILES WHEN SOMEONE HAS PHYSICAL ACCESS TO YOUR DEVICE, IT BECOMES USELESS.Įven if the file was created at the time of the system crash (which wasn t because was created over 24h before) it DOES NOT matter. I was happy I got all my passwords and notes etc, etc but at the same time terrified that my data wasnt protected for all that time. Even though from that date I accessed that file many, many times. The last date modified on that file was a day before from the system crash. In one of the subfolders, I found the file I was using decrypted.
I came across AppData than Local than AxCrypt and than some subfolders.
First I had to use MiniTool recovery software to recover partition and then started looking. So I didn t remember what my AxCrypt email/id was I just knew the password so wanted to recover some information from AxCrypt folder hoping I will find some files with email I used. And the thing is in that OS i had AxCrypt installed under some burner email as I didnt know if it’s safe to give Yours as it might be accessed and then… You understand my worries. I was terrified as there was a lot of my savings on these accounts. There was an attempt to format and then after 2sek, my OS crashed. Everything was fine as I thought and one day I inserted another pen drive while running OS from a pen drive and wanted to format it but by accident ticked the one that had my OS on it. So that one file was everything to me and didn t want anyone unauthorized to access it.
txt file with my passwords, btc wallet addresses, and passwords, some personal sensitive information, etc. So I had quite a few files encrypted but what I was really important that was one. Yes, it`s easy to use and Yes seemed fine. I downloaded and started using AxCrypt as was described on many forums and websites as one of the best encryption software. I was booting my WIN 10 from pen drive and using it on different PC.
#CNET AXCRYPT WINDOWS 10#
So I was using a USB bootable drive where had a fresh Windows 10 system installed. The reason why I am posting it is that I am going to post it on many major forums but would like to see what AxCrypt has to say in the first place. I found out that anyone with MINIMUM computer skills CAN ACCESS MY “ENCRYPTED FILES” if they have physical access to my device. I want to explain how disappointed and terrified I was a few days ago when I discovered how AxCrypt works.
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