Overview
What is Cryptext?
Cryptext is a public domain shell extension that performs strong file encryption, and is available in English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese language versions.
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In depth
A closer look at Cryptext
You just right-click on any file system object to encrypt or decrypt it. It uses a combination of SHA-1 and RC4 to encrypt files using a 160-bit key, and generates a salt value for each file to ensure that no two files are encrypted with the same keystream.
Verdict
Should you download Cryptext?
Cryptext runs on
Windows 9X/ME/2K/XP/2003
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 0.2 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Security and Access Control.
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Verified clean. Every Cryptext build on SoftLookup is scanned for viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and backdoors. We re-test on every update.
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At a glance
Cryptext specifications
- Last updated
- Mar 2, 2025
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 9X/ME/2K/XP/2003
- File size
- 0.2 MB
- Price
- Free
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- 1757
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