Protect Folder - Version 3.5 Protect your private data at home and on the go. Lock USB drives and local folders on the fly by protecting them with a password. Access protected information from anywhere - if you know your password!If you travel a lot, taking a notebook or a USB drive with you provides convenient access to your data. Unfortunately, losing a notebook or a flash memory stick gives access to your private data to anybody just as conveniently. Password-protecting a notebook is a minor obstacle for a malicious person, and there's no protection available for your USB memory drives.While you can use a password-protected ZIP archive to access your files on the go, did you try working with these archives? It takes extra time and effort to load a ZIP compressor, unpack files, and then pack them back. And did you know there are unsecure traces left on a PC you used to work with your encrypted data?