Is this: in six months give me money or you lose all your files forever type of deal? Isn't there some software running all over the internet already that will lock your files up and kept them till you give them money? This software has a bad business model? It either should be a one time purchase or sold in a packaged deal. I have used some of IObits programs that have run on GAOTD I find most of them quite good. To IObits: I would buy this if it was packaged into one of your (Suite) packages. Still Thank you GAOTD You are a great site.

Veracrypt....

If it has a 6 month licience then do I have to pay for a licence every year (or every 6 months) to continue to use this software?

In spite of all the negative comments about this program, don't dismiss all of this kind of software. While I'm on the internet, I wanted a "locking door" on my external storage drive that I could open and access, and then lock back up when I was done. To do this, I use a pay-for stand-alone folder-protecting program that blocks access in the event a virus gets through. If the EXE is attacked and destroyed, no problem: It is easily replaced with a fresh copy which allows me to unlock everything.

This app is commonly given away when you purchase their System Suites or Anti Virus Suites! That being said while I use their System Suite Ultimate Products being old fashioned protect my important folders outside of an online environment!

Windows programs kick in when Windows fully loads. If Windows doesn't fully load, they don't load, either. Boot in Safe Mode, then, and every file and every folder allegedly hidden by software like iObit Protected Folder 1.2 is visible because iObit Protected Folder 1.2 has been stopped before it's even started.

That ought to be bad enough, but there's worse to follow where this controversial Chinese developer is concerned: it not only wants you to install its easily defeated 'protection' on your computer, but to pay and keep on paying for it despite the fact that little or no investment in, nor expenditure on, its development is ever undertaken.

Protected Folder 1.2 has been out since mid-2014 and remains unchanged more than two years later. In that time, folks daft enough to have acquired this product in the first place will have paid out recurring "license fees" in exchange for. . . nothing at all. Because this is not an AV. This is not software that requires constant database updating and substantial developer overhead. This is, instead, an iObit cash cow.

Anyone with more money than sense and a wish to help iObit keep on laughing all the way to the bank should obviously go along with preposterous six-month "licenses" for rentalware as absurd as this. Everyone else should head in the opposite direction. Thanks GOTD, but no thanks.

I wasn't giving up trying to figure out the setup.exe software wrapper crashes and Failed to connect error messages. Like I stated in the past, I would disable my AVG, exit my firewall, but one thing I noticed is that when I ended task on Firewallsvc.exe, it would repopulate in Task Manager.

So I decided to uninstall either one of the two malware programs I had or the third party firewall named Free Firewall. I went with Free Firewall and after the uninstallation, setup.exe worked for the first time in a week.

Halalooha, I tried the other program that day and that worked as well. If you have the third party program named Free Firewall, uninstall it and you'll be good to go. Hope this helps some others as well.

MyLockBox is the same but free. I know, I am using it.

Last time I tried this kind of program (was it this one?) if So my comments are here somewhere or on archive.org, I was able to get right to the same "protected directory" using ztree and mc32. It's like it was barely even hooking the shell, in 2016, I wonder about hidden ftp and ssh exploiting. How about a different shell running than explorer.exe? Talisman or others, even ztree as a shell! Needs registry hacking then scripting to ease the pain.

It's a no download it for me. cause I sure do not need this is more of a novelty.
Let's face it who really is "hiding and protecting folders" these days? Most people use an archiver with built in encryption in a hurry.
What happens if you dual boot linux and mount the drive with the "hidden /protected dir" If any of these fail, this program has 100% flaw.
The possibility it can be exposed by some stupid mistake and a third party utility is enough for me to say no. I have encryption tools, and if I need to encrypt like for banks or taxes I have encrypted things offline that you are not getting into.

I'm just a messenger and I _am not_ saying Today's program has these flaws. I am saying you should look, cause I won't again.

Go to http://www.safehousesoftware.com/SafeHouseExplorer.aspx

Free and foreverL If this site don't accept this link just write Safehousesoftware in yr browser.

I have a dual-boot laptop and I installed the software in Win10.
Also I protected a folder on a USB:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pja0mgmhkikf7cf/LockWin10USB.png?dl=0
A view in explorer in Win10:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r6uutxa37kmnrbc/InhoudUSB-Win10.png?dl=0
After restart the laptop in Win8.1, I started explorer:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ruumimojc7oiy4t/InhoudUSB-Win8.1.png?dl=0
I could open a file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zoli57cxr8qds3b/InhoudUSB-Win8.1Bewerken.png?dl=0
All screens together:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10366431/_GOTD/ProtectedFolder12_20161001/UK/index.html

After 6 months, can I still access my folders if I don't pay $19.95?

I can insert a Linux Live USB/DVD into a computer, and open files after mounting the C partition, and enjoy reading so called password protected files all day long. The descriptor does not mention encryption. Is it encrypted?

Why not just encrypt the file. Same thing as far as I can see. If you need a free encrypter just go to handybits.com
Been using it for at least 25 years with no problems.

so is this like the free safehouse explorer i have been using for years? a clone?

In order to open the previous protected folders after six months, I need to pay. No No

Looks much like a "re-branded" and slightly "Up-graded" so called "Password Folder" Beta 1.1.

1) My Beta version NEVER "expires", but God help me when I did "update" and I quickly reverted to the original version.[Beta 1.1]

2) I DON'T expect that this latest offering *really* offers any secrecy.

I could see ALL that was in the "Protected Folder" when I booted from a second O/s on the same "Viagra" Disk.

What i would like to see is a software that refuse to start the default browser after a software installation. I utterly hate that. Malware do such things. The last couple of years it seems to be a standard by most software devs around....

What happens to the protected folders after the licence expires. Will they remain locked and unassailable or will the protection be disabled and the folders return to their previously unprotected state? Won't be downloading or installing until questions are answered.

So.... what happens after 6 months? So if the local spooks stole my folder, they would just need to wait till the licence expired to see all my plans for world domination....

Interesting. Foiled by a six month time limit. The authors will be the first to face the wall when I take over. :)

(just joking!!! or am I?)