Open source disk encryption software with strong security for Windows

VeraCrypt

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Download VeraCrypt 1.26 Update 7

VeraCrypt

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  • Latest Version

    VeraCrypt 1.26 Update 7 LATEST

  • Review by

    Michael Reynolds

  • Operating System

    Windows 8 / Windows 10

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  • Filename

    VeraCrypt Setup 1.26.7.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

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VeraCrypt is a free disk encryption software for Windows PC. VeraCrypt picks up from where TrueCrypt left and it adds enhanced security to the algorithms used for system and partitions encryption making it immune to new developments in brute-force attacks.

VeraCrypt also solves many vulnerabilities and security issues found in TrueCrypt. It can load TrueCrypt volume and it offers the possibility to convert TC containers and non-system partitions to the app format.

It adds enhanced security to the algorithms used for system and partitions encryption making it immune to new developments in brute-force attacks. It also solves many vulnerabilities and security issues found in TrueCrypt.

This enhanced security adds some delay ONLY to the opening of encrypted partitions without any performance impact on the application use phase. This is acceptable to the legitimate owner but it makes it much harder for an attacker to gain access to the encrypted data. The app can mount TrueCrypt volumes. It also can convert them to Vera Crypt format.

Features and Highlights
  • Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.
  • Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as a USB flash drive or hard drive.
  • Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication).
  • Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent.
  • Parallelization and pipelining allow data to be read and written as fast as if the drive was not encrypted.
  • Encryption can be hardware-accelerated on modern processors.
  • Provides plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password: Hidden volume (steganography) and hidden operating system.
Also Available: Download VeraCrypt for Mac

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What's new in this version:

All OSes:
- Security: Ensure that XTS primary key is different from the secondary key when creating volumes
- Issue unlikely to happen thanks to random generator properties but this check must be added to prevent attacks
- Reference: CCSS,NSA comment at page 3: https://csrc.nist.gov/csrc/media/Projects/crypto-publication-review-project/documents/initial-comments/sp800-38e-initial-public-comments-2021.pdf
- Remove TrueCrypt Mode support. Version 1.25.9 can be used to mount or convert TrueCrypt volumes.
- Complete removal of RIPEMD160 and GOST89 algorithms. Legacy volumes using any of them cannot be mounted by VeraCrypt anymore.
- Add support for BLAKE2s as new PRF algorithm for both system encryption and standard volumes.
- Introducing support for EMV banking smart cards as keyfiles for non-system volumes.
- No need for a separate PKCS#11 module configuration.
- Card PIN isn't required.
- Generates secure keyfile content from unique, encoded data present on the banking card.
- Supports all EMV standard-compliant banking cards.
- Can be enabled in settings (go to Settings->Security Tokens).
- Developed by a team of students from the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes.
- More details about the team and the project are available at https://projets-info.insa-rennes.fr/projets/2022/VeraCrypt/index_en.html.
- When overwriting an existing file container during volume creation, add its current size to the available free space
- Add Corsican language support. Update several translations.
- Update documentation

Windows:
- Officially, the minimum supported version is now Windows 10. VeraCrypt may still run on Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, but no active tests are done on these platforms.
- EFI Bootloader:
- Fix bug in PasswordTimeout value handling that caused it to be limited to 255 seconds.
- Rescue Disk: enhance "Boot Original Windows Loader" by using embedded backup of original Windows loader if it is missing from disk
- Addition of Blake2s and removal of RIPEMD160 & GOST89
- Enable memory protection by default. Add option under Performance/Driver Configuration to disable it if needed.
- Memory protection blocks non-admin processes from reading VeraCrypt memory
- It may block Screen Readers (Accessibility support) from reading VeraCrypt UI, in which case it can be disabled
- It can be disabled by setting registry value "VeraCryptEnableMemoryProtection" to 0 under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesveracrypt"
- Add process mitigation policy to prevent VeraCrypt from being injected by other processes
- Minor enhancements to RAM Encryption implementation
- Fix Secure Desktop issues under Windows 11 22H2
- Implement support for mounting partially encrypted system partitions.
- Fix false positive detection of new device insertion when Clear Encryption Keys option is enable (System Encryption case only)
- Better implementation of Fast Create when creating file containers that uses UAC to request required privilege if not already held
- Allow choosing Fast Create in Format Wizard UI when creating file containers
- Fix formatting issues during volume creation on some machines.
- Fix stall issue caused by Quick Format of large file containers
- Add dropdown menu to Mount button to allow mounting without using the cache.
- Possible workaround for logarithmic slowdown for Encrypt-In-Place on large volumes.
- Make Expander first check file existence before proceeding further
- Allow selecting size unit (KB/MB/GB) for generated keyfiles
- Display full list of supported cluster sizes for NTFS, ReFS and exFAT filesystems when creating volumes
- Support drag-n-drop of files and keyfiles in Expander.
- Implement translation of Expander UI
- Replace legacy file/dir selection APIs with modern IFileDialog interface for better Windows 11 compatibility
- Enhancements to dependency dlls safe loading, including delay loading.
- Remove recommendation of keyfiles files extensions and update documentation to mention risks of third-party file extensions.
- Add support for more language in the setup installer
- Update LZMA library to version 23.01
- Update libzip to version 1.10.1 and zlib to version 1.3

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