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So if you are looking for an easy way to encrypt your data on the clouds or even locally, BoxCryptor is not a bad choice. Unlike other software, one need not wait for hours or minutes for the file to get encrypted or decrypted. The first thing that impressed me about the application was the real-time encryption. You can purchase the application to get unlimited access.

The free version comes with a limit of 2GB.

BoxCryptor may detect your Dropbox folder by default but you can change the default settings to use it with any folder.

After you installed the application you will see an XML file in the folder you have created.If you do so there is a high risk that your data may be compromised. Never use the option Remember Password while using the above application.The virtual drive will open automatically with all your files decrypted on the fly.

Just run the program again and provide the password you had set. These are the file you have just encrypted. If you have a look inside the folders created by BoxCryptor at the time of installation you will see some randomly named files. Once you have copied all the files to the drive exit BoxCrypt using the program icon in taskbar which will automatically close the virtual drive and thus encrypt your data. As the encryption takes place in real time you will not see any progress bar for the same. Encrypting the filesĮncrypting files is a piece of cake with BoxCryptor, just copy all the files you want to encrypt to the newly created drive. Step 3: In the next step you will have to provide a password which will be used to encrypt and decrypt data. As the tool also creates a virtual drive in your system you will need to specify a drive letter for the same. If Dropbox is installed on your system the tool will detect it automatically and create a folder inside it named BoxCryptor. Step 2: Launch BoxCryptor after successful installation. The installation is pretty simple and does not take much time to complete. Step 1: Download and install BoxCryptor on your computer. So let’s start! Setting up BoxCryptorīefore we start encrypting files we need to setup BoxCryptor. We will use a nifty tool called BoxCryptor to encrypt our files in Dropbox.