Averfold
Protect files locally. Open authenticated protected records. Verify integrity without restoring plaintext.
Free download: Open, restoration and Verify are free. Creating protected records requires a Standard licence; paid checkout is not open.
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Averfold for Windows
Choose Standard to protect your own files. Recipients can open and verify compatible records for free.
Averfold Verify
Free
Open, restore and verify compatible protected records. No paid licence is needed, even if a previous Standard licence expires or becomes invalid.
Averfold Standard
£49 one-time including applicable tax. No subscription.
Protect files and folders while retaining the originals. Choose a passphrase and optionally create a separate recovery key. Opening, restoration and verification remain free.
Your Standard licence is supplied as a signed file by email within two UK working days after payment is confirmed. Delivery is manual; weekends and UK bank holidays do not count. Install it through Help > Licence in Averfold.
Paid checkout is not open. No payments are being accepted on this page.
Payment arrangements will be confirmed before sales open. Any currency conversion and the final total will be shown before you pay. Expressing interest does not take a payment.
Open, restoration and Verify remain free. Expressing interest does not reserve a Standard licence or commit you to a purchase.
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Express interest in Standard
Interested in creating protected copies of your files? The planned Standard price is £49 one-time, including applicable tax. Paid checkout is not open.
Email your intended use or a question before deciding. Sending an enquiry creates no order or payment commitment.
The email button opens your email app with a draft you can edit before sending. For the contact form, choose Technical support and use the subject Averfold Standard interest.
Include your Windows version and intended use. Do not send files, passphrases or recovery keys. How we handle enquiries.
Try Open and Verify with a fictional record
The sample ZIP includes a protected record and a walkthrough. Compatible Open and Verify are free; creating your own protected records requires Standard.
Download the optional sample ZIP (23 KB)
Extract the ZIP and read the included guide (index.html or WALKTHROUGH.md) before beginning. Its sample passphrase is deliberately public: never reuse it for private files.
Compatibility note: The sample was checked against the current development source. Acceptance by the installed Microsoft Store build has not been verified. If your app rejects it, stop the sample test. You can report the app version and error wording without sending files, passphrases or recovery keys.
One protected record. Three deliberate actions.
Averfold separates protection, restoration and integrity checking into clear workflows. Files and passphrases are processed on the computer rather than sent to an Averfold service.
Protect
Select a file or folder, choose the access method and save a protected record while retaining the original.
Open
Authenticate the complete protected record before restoring plaintext to a destination you choose.
Verify
Check the authenticated protected structure without writing restored plaintext to disk.
From installation to verified receipt
- Install Averfold. Use the official Microsoft Store listing on a compatible Windows PC.
- Activate Standard to protect files. Install your signed Standard licence through Help > Licence. Then choose a file or folder, set a passphrase, optionally create a recovery key, and select the protected destination.
- Retain a separate backup. Keep the original or another trusted copy before storing or sharing the protected record.
- Open or verify at the destination. A recipient can install Averfold and authenticate a compatible record without buying a protection licence.
- Read the result correctly. Verification detects modification of the protected structure; it does not prove who created it or when.
Three tasks, kept visibly separate
The application keeps the current action, required inputs and output destination in one focused workspace.
Protection is licensed. Access is not held hostage.
Standard licences enable creation of protected records. Recipients can install Averfold and open or verify compatible records without a paid licence.
Licence expiry or licence failure does not block opening, restoration or verification.
Preview boundaries
Averfold Preview has automated security tests and deterministic interoperability vectors, but it has not undergone an independent security audit and is not certified or government approved.
Do not use the Preview for classified information, regulated evidence, or as the only copy of irreplaceable data. A compromised computer can capture credentials or plaintext, and password recovery is unavailable unless a recovery key was created.
Start with Averfold Preview
Review the official listing, install from Microsoft Store, and keep a separate backup of anything that matters.