6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
It answered my data storage needs, 27 Mar 2008
This review is from: Steganos Safe 2008 (PC) (CD-ROM)
Having normally relied on a USB stick in order to keep my personal data and work files seperate from information stored and openly available on the home PC i was keen to see how this could work as an alternative.
I like the fact that not only could i have a safe with all my data that only i could access it with a password, the other benefit was of course being able to use the portable safe option on my USB stick which meant at home or at work on any PC i could access information.
The product did exactly what i needed it too for my needs allowing me to create as many safes as i wanted and it didn't take long.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I am very disappointed in this software., 19 Feb 2008
This review is from: Steganos Safe 2008 (PC) (CD-ROM)
I have used Steganos Safe 5 for several years and was delighted with it. But now I have bought Safe 2008 from Amazon.Co.UK and am very disappointed with it.
The main reason I bought it was because the newer version had much larger storage capacity. Amazon sold it for £22.99 which is a very good price.
BUT it needs a complicated certificate downloaded from the Internet to use it. No mention of this in the advert or on the box.
I wanted it to use on my 'old' computer, that I was letting the family use. I did not want them to be able to see my old files. That is what it is for obviously. But this 'old' computer is not on the Internet. So I cannot get a certificate, and it therefore cannot be used. Massively disappointing.
If you want to be able to use this software you have to be on the Internet, and go through the aggro of downloading it.......with firewall, anti-virus problems etc.
None of this was necessary with Steganos 5!
Also, if the company does not give a certificate (for any technical reasons; or because the company has stopped trading for example) you have a piece of software that can never be used.
In addition to this, their so-called 'support' does not appear to reply to emails; and since this is part of what I paid for.......again.......very disappointing.
Finally, it appears that all the contents of the Safe can be lost. If the product is 'uninstalled' (assuming you have been lucky enough to ever get it installed in the first place) all the documents will be lost.
So it is NOT a safe Safe.......it is a very vulnerable unsafe so-called Safe.
Very Very Disappointing.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't bother buying this!, 20 July 2008
This review is from: Steganos Safe 2008 (PC) (CD-ROM)
This product sounds good - but is a serious pain to try and get up and running on your PC! Installing is quick, but then the problems start - I was offered an upgrade to the latest version and thought this was sensible so went ahead. The subsequent installation sent my ant-virus program and firewall application into a frenzy and I had to reinstall from scratch. When it eventually is up and running it takes forever to create a reasonable size 'safe' and even on my modern, memory rich, PC it slowed everything down to a crawl while that process took place.
Frankly, this is a poor product and very disappointing - there must be better products out there to do the job and I'm off to find them now. But first I'll uninstall this and chuck it in the bin.
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