Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can ...

Windows PCs are a bit harder to encrypt. While Microsoft does offer encryption tools like Device encryption and BitLocker in most versions of Windows, they’re only available to enterprise users.

File encryption can improve the security of your files and folders and make them inaccessible to intruders without a decryption key. Here's a quick guide about encrypting any files, folders, and ...

Add Encrypted Files to Search Index! Index Encrypted files on Windows 11/10 using Indexing Options, Registry Editor or Group Policy Editor.

Learn how to encrypt VHD or VHDX files using Bitlocker. The encrypted VHD or VHDX container file is more flexible than drive because it can be moved between devices and hide when you don't need it.

Learn how to hide or encrypt specific files in Windows in order to better protect them.

Ransomware is a kind of malware that can lock you out of all of the files on your computer unless you agree to pay a ransom fee.

Do you have encrypted files that don't appear in search results? In this guide, we'll show you how to fix this problem on Windows 10.

Researchers examined how quickly ransomware encrypts files - in some cases, it just takes a matter of minutes.

Malware is used to encrypt your files (in some cases even double-encrypt them) so they require a specific key to be unlocked. The damage can quickly spread across computers and networks.

If you do too, consider better protecting the data by encrypting it with a password. We’ll show you a few ways to encrypt sensitive files before you upload them online.