Agnivo Roy

As a computer user, you may have some confidential data on the PC which needs to be password protected to keep away from prying eyes. Sometimes, data can be very costly in terms of it’s importance; you don’t want your company’s vital trade secrets out to public, right? With the proliferation of removable media like USB flash and memory cards, they have become a common tool to make backups or exchange information. Sometimes, huge backups are needed to be taken on DVD too. What if they contain really sensitive info and lands into hands of someone you don’t want to share with? This is the real need why I went scouring for password protection utility for removable media.

You might have come across different utilities and applications that encrypt, lock, hide or password protect a folder or file on the hard drive. But what if you want to password protect a CD/DVD disc or USB pen drive or memory card that can easily be mounted on any windows PC with correct password? I’ve been searching for a utility to password protect removable media for long, possibly a free one but without any luck until recently, I came across Master Voyager - a commercial program which satisfies my needs and even supersedes my expectations. I guess many of you are not aware of the solution and that’s why I write about an application that can do almost everything you desired regarding protection of content on removable media. Let me introduce you to Master Voyager.

Features of Master Voyager

• Easily encrypt and password protect removable media like CD/DVD/USB key/memory cards.
• Create multiple protected as well as public areas (aka partitions) on the removable media.
• Uses military grade AES 256 bit encryption algorithm that’s nearly 100% hack-proof.
• Easily mount the protected areas as virtual drives on any windows PC by correct password.
• No extra software to install, the built-in autorun mounts the contents.
• Supports any windows 2000/XP/Vista PC for read/write.
• Has an integrated CD/DVD burning module.
• On-the-fly decryption of protected content when you demand it.
• Virtual drives are auto-created on mount and destroyed on eject of media.

You can get screen shots and more info on the Master Voyager Website (www.mvoyager.com). A 30 day trial is available for download. Try it, and I hope it’d be a program you’d find very useful for years.