Steganos Freeware Encrypts Notes/Memos

FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan. 23, 2006… Steganos GmbH, a leading provider of
security and privacy software for consumers and small to medium-sized
businesses, today announced that it has published its first freeware —
Steganos Locknote — which encrypts important notes or memos in the blink of
an eye.

Downloadable for free from Steganos’ Web site
(http://locknote.steganos.com), the open source software enables users to
quickly and easily protect confidential notes, passwords, addresses, phone
numbers or other sensitive information. LockNote looks and acts like a
normal text file; however, it can only be opened with a password chosen by
the user. The encrypted memo can be saved to a USB stick and used while on
the road or on another PC. Like all other Steganos encryption products,
LockNote employs 256-bit AES encryption.

Since the freeware’s encryption and decryption mechanisms are integrated
within the file, any encrypted data is saved within the program itself;
thus, nothing needs to be installed, and there’s no traditional software
interface. After downloading the 300 KB program, the user simply opens it,
types up the desired memo and selects a password. The next time the user
wants to open the memo, he or she just needs to type in the password, and
the data will appear. It is also possible to create a LockNote from a
pre-existing text file by simply dragging and dropping the file onto a
LockNote window. The file will be encrypted automatically.

The software enables users to create as many LockNotes as desired, and they
can be sent as e-mail attachments. Since LockNotes are executable files
(exe format), it may be necessary to utilize WinZip to send a LockNote
attachment in order to pass through certain mail filters.

To provide maximum security on the road, LockNotes can be saved to storable
media like USB sticks, thus enabling users to safely and easily transport
important customer information, addresses or telephone numbers. A LockNote
saved to a USB stick can be opened on any PC by entering the password.
Then, the user can add more confidential notes, close the LockNote and
remove the USB stick. The data will be securely encrypted.

System Requirements

Steganos LockNote can be used on PCs running Windows 2000, Windows XP Home
Edition and Windows XP Professional.

About Steganos GmbH

Founded in Germany in 1996, Steganos GmbH offers a complete portfolio of
user-friendly security and privacy software products, including
encryption/steganography, Internet anonymity, anti-spyware and Internet
security software. Steganos has more than two million users throughout
Europe, North American and Latin America. The company markets and sells its
products through its Web site and its growing network of global resellers,
retailers and electronic software distributors. Further information about
the company can be found at www.steganos.com.