How to Compress and Encrypt ZIP files Securely
7-Zip is open source software. Most with the source code is beneath the GNU LGPL license. You possibly can use 7-Zip on any laptop or computer, such as a laptop or computer in the commercial organization. You dont require to register or pay for 7-Zip. It freeware and handles all types of compression filetypes (rar,zip and so forth)
- Supported formats Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
- For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
- High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
- Supported formats Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
- Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
- Powerful command line version
- Plugin for FAR Manager
- Localizations for 74 languages
- Self-extracting capability for 7z format
- Integration with Windows Shell
- Powerful File Manager
With the new password in effect, some people may not know how to password protect files. so here a 30 sec tutorial to get you up and sharing in no time.
Download and install 7-zip
Go to the file/folder you want to compress, Right-click on the file/folder, select 7-zip and add to Archive (another window pops up with settings). On the right hand side of window, youll see Encryption and enter your password there and DONE!
The cool factor about that is that you just dont need to wide open 7-zip before using it. Just right-click the file/folder you would like. I personally like .zip format because with windows explorer it is possible to simply preview the contents with no getting to unzip the whole darn thing.
