Winrar is a popular archive management software that can be used to open or create archive (rar,zip etc) files.There are lot of freeware softwares like Axcrypt,Disguise Folders that can encrypt your files and password protect them.If you have winrar installed in your pc then you can use its inbuilt password protection feature
How To make Password Protected ZIP Files using WinRAR:-
- Right click on the folder/file which has to be Password Protected and select ADD to Archive option.
- From the pop up window select the Advanced Tab.
- Now click on the Set Password.
- Enter and Verify your Password (Use both Alphabets and Numeric words to make a strong Password).
- Now a new compressed file will be generated at the same location of your original file
Now whenever somebody will try to open or extract the files in archive it will ask for the password.
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