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.afp files belong to the category of cryptographic files - encrypted containers produced by the AndrosaSoft FileProtector application for Windows.

What do .afp files contain?

The contents of files with the .afp extension can be practically any resources that the user, for certain reasons, wants to restrict access to by third parties. Most often encrypted are:

• authentication data (logins and passwords),
• internet browser histories,
• records of conversations from network messengers,
• phone and address books,
• bank statements,
• private notes.

Files with the .afp extension are created by FileProtector, a Windows-only encryption utility developed by AndrosaSoft.

What are .afp files used for?

FileProtector allows for the permanent protection of the contents of any file using one of three encryption algorithms:

• AES (256-bit / 192-bit / 128-bit),
• TripleDES (192-bit),
• DES (64-bit).

The algorithms use a password-derived encryption key to encrypt and decrypt the protected data. Securing sensitive files with FileProtector - which converts them into .afp encrypted containers - is a reasonably safe solution, provided that a sufficiently strong password and a strong algorithm such as AES-256 are chosen. DES (64-bit effective key length) is considered cryptographically weak by modern standards and is best avoided.

Once encrypted, the original file data is unrecoverable without both the correct password and the FileProtector application itself. Unlike open formats such as .gpg files, .afp has no documented third-party decoder and no publicly documented file signature - the format is recognized by its extension and by FileProtector itself.