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· workstation control and security software;

· data encryption products;

· physical security products for preventing computer theft.

PC Guardian’s products are priced and designed to meet the needs of the commercial marketplace.  PC Guardian’s 7,000 plus customers include over 400 of the Fortune 500 companies, major agencies of the US government, branches of the U.S. military and many major colleges and universities.  PC Guardian has built a reputation for quality, service and reliability, which is evidenced by a loyal and repeat customer base.

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Welcome to Encryption Plus Personal (EP Personal) by PC Guardian.

To use EP Personal you just browse, select a file or folder, and

click OK.  The file or folder that you select will be

encrypted or decrypted.  Yes, it really is that simple.

Installing/Uninstalling

Overview

Settings

Encrypt

Decrypt

Also:	About PC Guardian	Other PC Guardian Products

If you want more help call us at 800-288-8126 and talk to a real person.


Decrypt

The Decrypt window prompts you for the full path of the

folder or file to be decrypted.  All files in a selected folder will be

decrypted.

The path may be typed in the text box or you may use the Browse

button to select the path using Windows standard point and click features.

Be sure to keep track of encrypted folders/files.  Before you change

your password or uninstall EP Personal, you must decrypt all folders that

you have encrypted.

NOTE!:  If for some reason EP Personal cannot decrypt a file or files,

EP Personal will present a message at the time of the error.  Additionally,

all errors are logged to a text file titled ENERROR.LOG.  This file

is stored within the EP Personal folder and can be viewed with any text editor.


Encrypt

The Encrypt window prompts you for the full path of the

folder or file to be encrypted.  All files in a selected folder will be

encrypted.

The path may be typed in the text box or you may use the Browse

button and select the path using Windows standard point and click features.

Although it is possible to select individual files to encrypt, we suggest

for efficiency that you organize your system so that you have one folder in which you

store all of the files that you will encrypt.

NOTE!:  If for some reason EP Personal cannot encrypt a file or files,

EP Personal will present a message at the time of the error.  Additionally,

all errors are logged to a text file titled ENERROR.LOG.  This file

is stored within the EP Personal folder and can be viewed with any text editor,

such as Wordpad or Notepad.


Installing/Uninstalling

INSTALLING/UNINSTALLING

To Install:

Just run A:\SETUP from the EP Personal disk and follow the screens.

To Uninstall:

Use the Add/Remove programs in the Win95 or WinNT Control Panel.


Other PC Guardian Products

Contact PC Guardian at 800-288-8126 for information

on the following data protection software.

Encryption Plus® For Hard Disks

Our standard hard disk, "on-the-fly" application.

Win3x/Win95/WinNT

Encryption Plus® CD-ROMs

"On-the-fly" user decryption only, for protected CDROMs.

Win95/WinNT

Encryption Plus® Folders

"On-the-fly" encryption of selected folders.

Win95

Encryption Plus® Email

Transparent email encryption application.

Win95/WinNT

Encryption Plus® Personal

Very simple manual encryption application.

Win95/WinNT


Overview

Encryption Plus Personal (EP Personal) is intended to be a no frills, easy-to-use,

secure, folder and file encryption application.  It implements

the well known and documented Blowfish algorithm.  Blowfish is a

fast 64 bit block cipher algorithm designed by Bruce Schneier.

For detailed information on this algorithm you can browse the

internet and find many sites containing product reviews for

Blowfish.

Installing/Uninstalling

To Install:

Just run A:\SETUP from the EP Personal disk and follow the screens.

To Uninstall:

Use the Add/Remove programs in the Win95 or WinNT Control Panel.

Important Notes and Usage Guide

1.  To use EP Personal you simply run the setup program, execute EP Personal, and

then enter a Password and Privacy Code.  After this is done you can

click on the Encrypt button, select a folder or file, and with a click

of your mouse all files in the selected folder AND SUBFOLDERS

will be encrypted.

2.  To decrypt the files just select Decrypt and follow the

same process.

3.  PC Guardian recommends that you keep your sensitive files in a "secure"

folder.  When you wish to work with your protected folder you

will first decrypt the folder.  When you are done for the day or will

be absent from your workstation be sure to encrypt the folder again and exit EP Personal.

4.  Encryption Plus Personal encrypts folders and individual files.

You must manually select folders/files to encrypt and decrypt.

ALL SUBFOLDERS below your selected folder will also be encrypted.

5.  If you forget your password you will NOT BE ABLE TO DECRYPT

YOUR ENCRYPTED FILES.  This means DO NOT forget your password.

Consider storing it in a secure location, and choose a password you

can remember.

6.  If you change your Password or your Privacy Code

you will NOT be able to decrypt and read any files you encrypted

with the old Password and Privacy Code.  You may

wish to decrypt any encrypted folders first, then change your

Password and/or Privacy Code and then re-encrypt the folders.

Or, you could keep a log of the Passwords and Privacy Codes you have used

for various folders/files and change these values in EP Personal as

needed to access the appropriate folder/file.

7. If you add a file(s) to an encrypted folder and select the folder

for encryption you will get an error message saying that some files

were already encrypted.  This will not damage any files.  However,

it is best to first decrypt your folder, add your new files

and then re-encrypt the folder.  You will then avoid any

error messages.

8. If you wish to transfer encrypted folders to another user they must

have EP Personal installed and MUST HAVE THE SAME PRIVACY CODE

AND PASSWORD assigned in the Settings window.


Settings

Your Password

This password is required and must be entered each time

you execute EP Personal.  This password allows only you to use

EP Personal.

Your Password must be exactly 8 characters and is case sensitive.

You can use any standard keyboard characters.

See NOTE below.

Your Privacy Code

The Privacy Code is required, but unlike your Password, it

does not have to be entered again.  This "code" is really

just a character string that is used by EP Personal in the formula

to encrypt your files.

Your Privacy Code must be exactly 24 characters.

If you change your Privacy Code you will not be able to

decrypt any files you encrypted with a previous

Privacy Code string.  See NOTE below.

NOTE!   If you change your Password or your Privacy Code

you will NOT be able to decrypt and read any files you encrypted

with the old Password and Privacy Code.  You may

wish to decrypt any encrypted folders, change your Password

and/or Privacy Code and then re-encrypt the folders.

Or, you could keep a log of the Passwords and Privacy Codes you have used

for various folders/files and change these values in EP Personal as

needed to access the appropriate folder/file.