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Does SpyShield support PGP 7.x freeware?

April 26, 2017freeware PGP spyshield support

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Does SpyShield support PGP 7.x freeware?

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Many users have written us asking about support for PGP 7.x freeware. PGP began as a command-line program and included the PGP Command Line in all versions through PGP 6.5.8. In a surprise move, Network Associates, Inc. removed the command-line version of PGP from the PGP 7.x freeware distribution. SpyShield integrates with PGP using the PGP Command Line, so SpyShield currently does not support PGP 7.x freeware. As a solution to this problem, we included support for GnuPG in SpyShield 1.0. GnuPG is tiny compared to PGP and can coexist on the same machine. You can work around this issue by using PGP 6.5.8 freeware, the last release to include the PGP Command Line. You can download this version from the MIT Distribution Center for PGP at http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html.