The Good:
A well-rounded set of security tools. All are available free of charge (and probably implemented better) from other vendors, but this places everything in one location. For me, they work as expected so far (encrypt/decrypt/stego etc.)

The Bad:
No mention of the encryption method (that I could find) and that's *generally* considered -- among folks in this area -- to be a REAL bad sign.

The evidence remover doesn't seem to include Google Chrome.

So what happens if you lose the program? Do they hold your data for ransom until you buy another copy?

The bottom-line:
IMHO you're still better off with individual open-source/trusted tools than these; they'll do a better job and are arguably considerably safer. Still, I *might* leave this program and try it for the next couple of days for a *few* of its components

blue  –  16 years ago  –  Комментарий оказался полезным? да | нет (+87)

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As "blue", comment #4 asks - "So what happens if you lose the program? Do they hold your data for ransom until you buy another copy?"

The obvious answer would be to download the "always free" version of MAXA Security Tools, which they claim has no restrictions on decrypting your files (limited functionality = encryption and erasing of files with sizes up to 500kb)

Download MAXA Security Tools Lite

MAXA Security Tools Lite, a version of MAXA Security Tools with limited functionality (encryption and erasing of files with sizes up to 500kb), is offered for free download here:

It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'.

BuBBy  –  16 years ago  –  Комментарий оказался полезным? да | нет (+83)

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But if my computer crashes next week or next month, then what? I cannot run setup again because of the date restriction. All my encrypted files will be unaccessible. Seems to great a risk to take.

If MAXA has a sensible solution, I'd like to hear it. Until then, "no, thank you".

Jonno  –  16 years ago  –  Комментарий оказался полезным? да | нет (+49)

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Hello,

thank you for your comments.

We want to give some information from our (developer) point of view to alleviate some concerns:
-it is possible to decrypt the data using the free MAXA Crypt Mobile which can be downloaded from our website, even should you lose your Security Tools installation.
-for the cryptography experts: the algorithm used is Rijndael/AES 256-bit with CBC mode.

Thanks

MAXA  –  16 years ago  –  Комментарий оказался полезным? да | нет (+46)

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Hello... My copy of the MAXA program installs, activates, and starts without any problems.
The only thing is that when I run the MAXA-Lock and then enter a wrong password (to test the program), the program crashes and I get the following error:


Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: MAXA-Lock.exe
Application Version: 2.2.0.3
Application Timestamp: 4c2485cd
Fault Module Name: winmm.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6002.18005
Fault Module Timestamp: 49e03856
Exception Code: c0000094
Exception Offset: 0000528d
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
The other modules seem to work fine however... I am using Windows Vista Ultimate 64x SP2

Thanks !

Hector  –  16 years ago  –  Комментарий оказался полезным? да | нет (+19)

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