free Chat Encryption program from BitDefender

Like email messages Instant Messaging now suffers from the threat of malicious intruders every location where a user access his or her IM account faces the risk of being observed by a hacker. You never know who has got an eye on your private conversations.

There are a few things that you can do to help protect yourself from these threats such as never giving out personal infomation etc.

BitDefender Chat Encryption is a free utility that keeps your instant messages safe from hijacking through a simple and automatic encryption process. It is compatable with Yahoo Messenger (8.1 or later) and Windows Live Messenger (v8.5 or later). And BOTH users must have it installed on there systems.

System Requirements are: Windows XP SP2 (32 bit) Windows Vista (32 bit) Yahoo Messenger v8 or higher Windows Live Messenger v8.5 or higher.

BitDefender Chat Encryption can be downloaded for free here.