Encrypting data is often an unnecessary difficult and lengthy process, but this is something that Encrypt Care aims to address. This Windows tool makes it possible to secure not only files, but also text using high levels of encryption.

There is support for a range of encryption algorithms including AES, Blowfish, CAST, DES, IDEA, RC2, RC4 and TEA, and when it comes to hashes there is support for MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512. If you have data you need to protect from prying eyes, there are plenty of options and combination to satisfy even the most security conscious users.

It just takes a few clicks to encrypt individual files and folders, or to gather together data from various sources to encrypt together. Configuring the options you need is very simple, but there is a little in the way of explanations or hand-holding for anyone who is unfamiliar with the process; that said, it remains simple enough to be considered largely self-explanatory.

Encrypt Care can also be used to encrypt text. You can type, or copy and paste, directly into the app and create an encrypted version in seconds. There is, of course, also the option of decryption, which is great news for anyone dealing with content secured by others.

As you would hope, checksum generation and verification is available, and while there are a limited number of options to configure, this is really just a demonstration of Encrypt Care not unnecessarily over-complicating things.

While the software is impressive, a word of warning. Watch out during the installation of Encrypt Care as there are bundled extras; once the main installation is complete keep an eye out for additional optional software that you may well not need.