Lock away your PC files with My Lockbox

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Lock away your PC files with My Lockbox

by Brad Linder Jan 30th 2008

Have a few files on your computer you'd like to hide from prying eyes? Don't worry, we're not passing judgment. But we do have a suggestion. You might want to check out My Lockbox for hiding your sensitive data. You know, like umm... business documents.

Here's how it works. Once you install My Lockbox, the application will create a hidden folder. By default that folder will be hanging out in your My Documents folder, but you can place it anywhere on your PC. The folder is password protected, and when you hit the "lock" button, nobody can open it. That means they can't copy or open files, and they can't save files to the folder. So if you'll need to unlock the folder in order to save new files to your lockbox.

Your files aren't encrypted, so if you want a bit more protection you might want to check out TrueCrypt. But My Lockbox is quite simple to use, and even hides your files when your PC is running in safe mode.

[via Freeware Genius]

Tags: hidden-folders, lockbox, my-lockbox

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sehzades said 10:12AM on 1-31-2008

is it a good alternative for hidefolder, because hidefolder can't be used for vista

Martha said 6:14AM on 2-28-2008

How can I delete this program from my computer? The password that I wrote down is not recognized. Without the password, I can't even delete the program.

Nenad said 2:56PM on 3-25-2008

he...the same with me...
i ran a program for cleaning all the junk and tracking cookies , and after that i wanted just to see how My LockBox works , cause it seemed pretty cool , but my password was invalid ...pfff invalid my ass
and i had the app just for one day...
i mean i still have it , but now my files are lost...somewhere deep

Pop said 10:09AM on 5-17-2008

I have been using this for 1yr and it rocks amazing software

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