password protected zip folder

[HTML_Kid]

is it possible to password protect the files in a ZIP filder (windows)

[JamieR]

If you have Winrar or Winzip you can password the archive so that no one can extract the files without having to submit a valid password. Is this what you're trying to do?

[Jeroentje]

Yes. Winrar, and Winzip both offer Password protected features, to protect your Archive. Even tho it sounds great, ZIP is easily bruteforced, and winrar offers even more protection. I suggest using .rar format instead of .zip, since .rar offers even better compression then zip :)

[daniel_g]

Agreed, winrar is pretty good provided you give a good password:
t*h*i*s_i*s_1_*g*o*o*d_p*a*s*s*w*o*r*d*

Just be sure to remember the password, as it migth take decades before you can actually retrieve it with some sort of program.

[GO ILLINI]

A quick guide to never forgeting passwords for encrypted items:

I have an external harddrive that I keep everything I have encrypted on. I keep it in cleartext in folders with a small file with a description of the item(what it was for, password, filename and such) This is extremly unsecure, but I keep it in a safe and only take it out to back something up or to retrive something that has been lost.

-Adam