WM_Hunter

It was only for future protection, as I mentioned above I am quite white hat but I have a few things that would get me a bit of a lecture (stuff I just carry around on my key). Thanks for your help all, I think I will go with a ZIP file.

The encrypted ZIP file is an ok idea I guess. It is a hassle, and I know of a program that promises to crack up to 16 characters in under an hour on those... (not the best encryption? :shock: ) Thanks for the help guys.

I personally use Nod32. Just my personal preference. I would run without but Nod is really low on system resources and it's always nice just to have an extra layer of protection just in case. Why it is ranked lower then Norton in this poll I don't know. The scanners are at least equal, if not advantage to Nod, and Norton hogs resources a lot more?

Yeah, I remember something from that podcast on this. There may be better pages online on the subject. Google is good, but for some obscure things it is difficult to find any information. Did you take a look and see if Wikipedia had a section on this?

It is a school computer. The BIOS is passworded on the few computers I have tested. I like to be as white hat as possible, but the only solution I can think of right now is to do something out of character in order to get admin ... :? The admin is not an idiot, and if I approached her and asked if she would be nice enough to install TC, not only would she say no, but probably ask to see my USB key quite often in class. One of the few teachers that has access to near-full admin is the computer sci teacher, there is also a woman from the division that is in a lot with full admin dealing with issues, she is also no idiot and I doubt asking either of these people would help. The program (TrueCrypt) is clean, but I don't think they would help me with a program that has the multiple password and data filling features so no one can tell I am hiding files 8) EDIT: I try and avoid doing anything that could get me in trouble, yes. I don't really like doing anything malicious either, my conscience kills me = ). These are possibilities of course, but an alternative would be nice.

I appologize if this is in the wrong section. I am looking for a way to password protect a USB thumbdrive. I do not have access to an admin acccount, or I would use TrueCrypt (even in mobile mode it requires admin, if not in travel TC must be installled on network by admin). There is a dual password feature in TrueCrypt, where if forced you can reveal only what you want them to see with the one password, while keeping your incriminating information on the other password. TrueCrypt also fills in all unused space so that no one can prove if you are using two or not. What I would like: DECENT encryption. This is most for general privacy and not as much for protection from the FBICIA = ) Features like the ones mentioned above in TrueCrypt would be nice. Free would be nice but not necessary. Torrents always work = ) Thanks for your help