WinAES - file encryption [discontinued]

[smaragdus]

WinAES about:

A powerful information security toolbox.
WinAES is a light-weight and reliable security tool.
It supports 2 symmetric-key algorithms (256-bit AES and Camellia) for file encryption, with CBC operating mode and randomized IV.
It also has a file hash calculator with 5 hash functions, a convenient password generator and a secure file eraser.

WinAES features:
- WinAES supports two encryption algorithms- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Camellia.
- WinAES can calculate five cryptographic hashes- MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2 (SHA256), SHA-2 (SHA512) and SHA-3.
- WinAES offers random password generator (password length- 1-9999), Base64 text encoding (ANSI and Unicode) and secure file eraser (1, 7 & 35 passes).
- WinAES can be integrated to Windows shell.

WinAES links:
https://winaes.com/ - web-site
https://yunzhu.li/programming/winaes/ - web-site
https://github.com/yunzhu-li/winaes - project page
https://yunzhu.li/programming/ - software page
https://yunzhu.li/blog/ - blog
https://yunzhu.li/ - publisher
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/E ... nAES.shtml - WinAES at Softpedia
http://www.freewarefiles.com/WinAES_program_74275.html - WinAES at Freeware Files

WinAES downloads:
Direct download links for the latest version of WinAES - 0.2.4:
- Installer x32
- Portable x32
- Installer x64
- Portable x64

WinAES screen-shots:
- WinAES - file encryption/decryption:

- WinAES - hash calculator:

- WinAES - security tools:

WinAES portable:
WinAES seems to be portable and stealth- download either x32 version (WinAES_0.2.4_x86.zip) or x64 version (WinAES_0.2.4_x64.zip), extract and run the executable (WinAES_0.2.4_x86.exe or WinAES_0.2.4_x64.exe)- WinAES seems to store no settings.

WinAES requirements:
In order to run WinAES needs Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package to be installed.

WinAES license:
WinAES is open-source licensed under GPL version 3- source-code is available at GitHub

WinAES note:
WinAES can be integrated to Windows shell go to About.. and check Add to windows context menu.
I didn't find WinAES any registry records but I need someone to confirm it.

[webfork]

Thanks smaragdus. As the TrueCrypt replacement VeraCrypt is getting a little over-complicated, I think we need something as simple as WinAES. Unfortunately this wasn't as simple as I'd like, though I did really like the dead-simple drag-and-drop hashing tool with an ability to cancel the analysis and a progress bar (both great).

Wishlist

• Ability to:
  • Drag and drop the .aes256 files that it generates and have it auto-decrypt them
  • Encrypt whole folders and all their contents (recursive encryption)
  • Use AES128, which has a lot of benefits, including being possibly more secure
  • Suppress the prompt that includes the password and have the password show up as ***
  • Support for keyfiles
  • Include some kind of backup "I forgot my password" workaround via a generated keyfile that can be saved.

• Some kind of basic help file or intro explaining the program
• Auto-populate the password length blank with "10" so when you click "Generate" something shows up
• If you decrypt a file that's not encrypted, it has no idea and it just sits there until you click "stop" and creates a file with the same name with the ".decrypted" addition. Not sure what that's about.
• Removal of the 35x erase (I can provide details on why this is pointless if anyone's curious)