Hi Everyone
Well, here we are again checking out a program with numerous thumbs down, at almost 70% negative votes and only three comments. I thought I'd give it a shot. I checked out the website, which looked okay to me, then downloaded and went to install the program. Then 'Auntie Norton' (the kill-joy) piped up and stopped the install. I scanned the two install files with Norton individually, then together with no problems. I then shut down Norton, as I have done numerous times in the past, did the install, which was quick and automatically registered and after the install, scanned the entire program with 'Auntie Norton.' This time, the old biddy had nothing to complain about.
I started A+ Folder Locker and found it to have a clean, good looking appearance and intuitive operation. I haven't had a chance to go though the operation, as I thought someone should take a chance and check the program before the 'thumbs down crowd' screw the program over, then continue on their quest for world domination. I still maintain that if you're going to have a vote, you should have to leave a comment before you can cast a vote.

GunGeezer  –  12 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+152)

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Well, despite its current ridiculous low GAOTD users' rating, this tool is an excellent software to protect your data against prying eyes and hackers.Even the FREE version outclasses mny similar apps out there.
My only concern is: what happens if you lose the GAOTD key?

So I'm afraid that we'd better rely on FREEWARE alternatives for a program like this: do you agree with me, dudes??

This is a short list of exellent excellent FREE tools sorted in order of my personal preference:

http://www.alfaprograms.com/products/security/alfa-folder-locker.html
http://www.toolwiz.com/products/toolwiz-bsafe
http://www.xoslab.com/efl.html
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Lockdown/GrekSoft-Easy-Folder-Lock.shtml
http://code.google.com/p/lock-a-folder

To encrypt and protect your data with a password on your USB drives:

http://usbsafeguard.altervista.org/index.html

But how about lock and hide your DESKTOP or your HD for FREE, instead of your folders only? Wouldn't it be better and even more secure, dudes?

http://indeepsoft.blogspot.it/2011/08/screenblur-desktop-locker.html
http://www.freeotfe.org/

Enjoy!!

Giovanni  –  12 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+117)

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What if my computer crashed and needed to reinstall Windows. The program will be loss and how would I open the locked file?

Jeffrey  –  12 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+115)

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What kind of protection would one have if . . .
1. You loose or forget the password?
2. Have to restore you hd due to a crash?
3. The company that produced this software does not exist any more?
Then you have the pleasure of loosing all your saved and protected data, just like a JP Morgan bank account!

Thanks But NTY

Paul  –  12 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+80)

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I gave this a try. One thing I did not like was that it wanted to put itself in my startup menu. I would rather start this manually. There is a free version of this program. Check this link to see the differences between the free version and this offer.

http://www.giantmatrix.com/products/aplus-folder-locker/product-comparison/

Also for those that worry about losing their key or reformat, etc, Download and save this free version. It can be used to restore your data. All in all this is a pretty nice program. The only problem for it is there are a lot of alternatives, both free and paid. Thank you to the GAOTD team for your efforts and to the publisher, Giant Matrix, for the offering.

dadams  –  12 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+71)

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