compatible disk encryption

[laughingsociopath]

Last time I encrypted my hard drive I learned Malwarebytes wasn’t compatible and therefore could not scan for root kits. Is there an encryption program that is compatible with Malwarebytes and will allow for full scanning? 

 

Thanks so much for any help you can provide.

[daledoc1]

Hello and :

It's been a while since anyone asked about that.

Staff members will correct me if I am wrong, but I am 99% certain that MS Bitlocker is compatible.

I am not sure about 3rd-party encryption programs -- we'll need to wait for more expert input on that.
Do you have a particular encryption program in mind?

Thanks,

[laughingsociopath]

Thank you daledoc. I was looking at Veracrypt as I used Truecrypt before. Years ago, before I first encrypted with Truecrypt, I read that Truecrypt was compatible with Malwarebytes, but I routinely got the error message that rootkits could not be scanned. I'd like to avoid that this time. Thanks again for your help and time.

[John L. Galt]

MB Staff can answer this definitively, but here is the post from way back when:

 

[daledoc1]

Hi:

8 minutes ago, John L. Galt said:

MB Staff can answer this definitively, but here is the post from way back when:

 

Actually, that's no longer true, @John L. Galt.

AFAIK, the Bitlocker compatibility issue was resolved quite a while ago. 

It's best that we wait for an official staff status update, though.

Thanks,

[John L. Galt]

Yes, that is why I said what I said.

[AdvancedSetup]

Unfortunately I don't have an accurate answer for you. That software appears to also be proprietary and on the surface I would not expect it to work.

I've posted to our internal QA Team to see if this has been tested or not. Once I hear back I'll post a follow-up reply.

Thank you

 

[AdvancedSetup]

QA replied that we've not specifically tested this one but that many of them now work. 

We've tested specifically BitLocker, TrueCrypt, Symantec PGP, and Winmagic SecureDoc

VeraCrypt is a fork of TrueCrypt so it's very likely that it will work.

If you find otherwise please let us know.

Thank you again

Ron

 

[David H. Lipman]

Ron, what about the NTFS Encrypting File System ( EFS ) ?

[AdvancedSetup]

I'll check but personally for me if you're using Bitlocker or EFS you're looking to lose your data sooner or later. Search the web for how much trouble they have and how many people have lost data.

 

[AdvancedSetup]

Not tested as that is on a file by file basis. Concern is was about entire disk encryption.

EFS has been around since 2000 and I don't know of any Admins enabling it on their servers or systems though I'm sure there are some out there.

 

[David H. Lipman]

Thanx Ron.