Internet Messaging (IM) has become a part of our lives. In fact, hundreds of millions of people use Instant Messenger to stay connected. While this technology gives us the convenient to connect with our friends and family, we should always aware of certain privacy related issues when using this IM program. For example, someone might be listening to your private conversations. You know that you will not be 100% safe on the internet.
To combat this issue, BitDefender has comes out with a free encryption tool, it’s called BitDefender Chat Encryption. This tool will protect your instant messaging conversations on Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger through a simple and automatic encryption process.
To use BitDefender Chat Encryption to encrypt all your instant messaging chat sessions, you and your chat partner need to install this encryption tool on both of your computer. Also you and your chat partner must use either Yahoo! Messenger (v8.1 or newer) or Windows Live / MSN Messenger (v8.5 or newer).
This tool is an “install and forget” application. After installation, no any additional setting is required. When a conversation is initiated, the encryption procedure will begin automatically.
BitDefender Chat Encryption works perfectly on Windows XP SP2 and Vista.
