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AES invalid signature help !!
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:57 am
by Mr meeseeks01
Ok so basically I've got this file that's AES encrypted and I also have the password however when I enter it I get the message saying invalid signature..... It's annoying as I've tried on other files and it encrypts and decrypts perfectly yet this file won't decrypt why ?
Someone please help !!
Re: AES invalid signature help !!
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:44 pm
by paulej
What this means is that the file probably isn't an AES Crypt file. That error is produced when the first few octets in the file do not have the letters "AES".
Maybe it was encrypted with a different tool?
Re: AES invalid signature help !!
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:03 pm
by Mr meeseeks01
Even though it says aes encrypted ? What kind of other tools are there.....
Re: AES invalid signature help !!
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:53 pm
by paulej
Why do you think it's encrypted? Windows won't tell you that explicitly. As for encryption tools, there are many. Many ZIP programs have built-in encryption. OpenSSL can be used to encrypt files. There are several other programs like AES Crypt out there.