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ArticSoft FREE Reader software

ArticSoft believe that recipients should have the benefit of our full strength protection without having to pay for it.

Just like the post you don't have to pay to receive information in a secure and protected way. 
 



Our OpenPGP Reader products are reduced functionality versions of the full products that can be downloaded and used for FREE.  They enable anyone to decrypt and verify encrypted and digitally signed information (provided they have the correct decryption keys) without having to purchase the full product.


What limitations does the OpenPGP Reader software have?

People can only use the Reader software to decrypt and verify information in OpenPGP and PGP formats.

The following functionality is not available:

protection of information  Encryption of information

signing of information  Digital Signing of information

secure file deletion  Other main product features - e.g. secure file deletion, Windows Explorer integration, etc.

The Reader is identical to the full product versions in all other aspects. Full keystore functionality is provided that includes the generation, import and export of keys.  An easy upgrade path is available to the full product.



Why doesn't ArticSoft support self-extracting EXE files?

Self-extracting EXE files are files are used by some products to send files to recipients who do not have the full product installed.  ArticSoft does not support them because:

password protected self-extracting exe files   EXE files are well known virus carriers!

password protected self-extracting exe files   EXE files are normally stopped by firewalls

password protected self-extracting exe files   Passwords are used to protect these files, making them extremely vulnerable to hacker, dictionary, and brute force
    attacks.

password protected self-extracting exe files   Self-extracting EXE files contain the engine that is required to unprotect and verify the files as well as the files
    themselves.  They therefore add a significant overhead (increase in file size) to the files you send.