How to Use Password to Protect Zip?

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How to Use Password to Protect Zip?

20 July 2020 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Summary
Zip is the archive format of data compression. To share and transfer files quickly, many people compress the files as zip. However, the Windows compression tool can only create zip, not encrypt zip. If we want a zip to be safer, can we use a password to protect the zip?

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About Zip

How to Encrypt Zip in Windows?

1. Create Encrypted Zip
2. Safer Encryption Mode

About Zip

Zip is the archive format of data compression, and the file extension is “.zip”. Originally, this format is generated from the software called WinZip. Later, Microsoft has included built-in ZIP support in versions of Microsoft Windows. Now, even though users never install the compression software like WinZip, they can open and create the zipped files.

– Create the zipped folder in Windows

However, password encryption is not allowed for the zipped files created in Windows. These unprotected zipped files may be disclosure when being transferred or shared under network.

How to use password to protect the zips in Windows? Here are some ways to you.

How to Encrypt Zip in Windows?

If you want to create the password-protected zip, or encrypt a great number of the zipped files, we suggest Renee SecureSilo.

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1. Create Encrypted Zip

① Download and install Renee SecureSilo.

② Open the software and select [Protect USB] at the left side. Then, click on [Protect Attachment] under [Protect Email Attachments].

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③ Next, click on [Add] to select the target zip and click on [Next] to go on.

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④ Set the storage path and the password. After that, click on [Next].

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⑤ As it is finished, you will see the below image.

2. Safer Encryption Mode

Due to the common use and open format of the zipped file, lots of decryption software can be used to crack the zipped files. Therefore, it is not safe for important files.

We suggest the function [Create Silo] in Renee SecureSilo. Users can create a private disk and place files into the disk at any time. We don’t need to wait for loading files but modify the inside files easily. More importantly, there is no specific cracker for this software.

① Open Renee SecureSilo and click on [Encrypt File] > [Create Silo].