The ENCRYPTX Advantages

#1 - The ENCRYPTX AV scanning engine sits in front of the encryption process, to ensure that new viruses are not encrypted.
For example, the SanDisk AV scanner is post encryption, so viruses are actually encrypted. Encrypting a virus is not appropriate as the encryption process can defeat different scanners.

#2 - The ENCRYPTX AV scanning engine is hardened so that a user attempting to stop the process by using the Windows System Tray can not do so. If the process is stopped it is either restarted or the drive is removed/locked.
For example, the SanDisk AV scanner can be stopped by simply opening up a Windows Task Manager and ending the Cruzer process. The ENCRYPTX AV scanner has separate processes that monitor if the user has attempted to kill or end the scanning engine. In all cases the drive is either locked or the scanner is restarted, depending on what operation the user took to try to stop the scanner.

#3 - The ENCRYPTX AV scanning engine can block non scanable (e.g. a password protected zip) files from being written and encrypted on the USB drive.
The easiest way to transmit a virus is to put it in a password protected file, such as a zip file. Password protected Microsoft Excel files also are known to transmit many viruses. The ENCRYPTX AV scanner blocks these files from being written and encrypted to the drive.

For example, neither the Spyrus or SanDisk drives block non scanable files from being encrypted. This is a serious weakness with their drives.

#4 - The ENCRYPTX AV scanning engine updates the Anti-Virus signature files (known as DAT files) automatically in the background while the user is working. This is an Auto-update feature. There is significant logic built into the scanner to allow the user to work with their drive while DAT file updates are occurring in the background. The user must update their DAT files at a minimum once every 30 days, and the product enforces this automatically.
Other products do not update the Anti-virus DAT files in the background while continuing to work.

#5 - The ENCRYPTX AV scanning engine has internal logic to use Anti-Virus DAT files used by complimentary McAfee products, and allow the user or Administrator to specify an organizational server where Anti-Virus signature files are hosted. The ENCRYPTX AV scanning engine is integrated to work with McAfee VirusScan Enterprise products.
SanDisk and the Spyrus drive do not have the ability to use Anti-Virus files from other complimentary McAfee products and they do not have the ability to specify an organizational server where the DAT files are hosted.

#6 - The ENCRYPTX AV scanning engine does not require the user to have any special privileges such as Administrative rights to use the product or update the AV Scanner.
Several drives and some AV scanning solutions, require the user to have local PC Administrative rights to use their drive or update their AV signature files.

#7 - The ENCRYPTX AV scanning engine is designed to work with ANY removable drive that is FAT, FAT32, ExFAT and NTFS formatted. It can be deployed as a manufacturer installed product or as an end user installed product.
SanDisk and Spyrus solutions are one drive only. ENCRYPTX AV scanning engine works on many drive types.

#8 - The ENCRYPTX AV scanning engine is available in multiple languages.
The SanDisk and Spyrus products are English only.