Remembering all the login details you have for various websites is a problem, so you might be tempted to write them down somewhere or just try to use the same small set of passwords for every website. However, recording important security details on paper is rarely a good idea, due to the risk of loss or someone else finding them. Using the same login details for different sites is not secure enough for important online banking websites and just allowing your web browser to remember your login details on your computer could allow other people to gain access to them.

PasswordPod allows you to store all your website login details and other private information securely in one password-protected file. You can manually drag & drop details to web pages and other documents and the program can also transfer details to web page forms automatically. It offers a convenient and secure way of managing your details and allows you to keep them organized.

Your data is kept as a collection of records, each of which has a unique name that you choose. A record would typically contain all the data required for a particular website, although you can store any information you like in a record. You can organize your records into whatever groups you like in a tree which is shown in the main window.

PasswordPod keeps your information in a secure file on your computer that is always stored in encrypted (scrambled) form using high security AES encryption. When you start PasswordPod for the first time, you choose the name and location of the secure data file and choose a master password. Whenever you add new data, it is encrypted before being written to the file. Each time you start PasswordPod, you'll need to enter the master password to unlock the data in the file.

You can click on a button to transfer all the details from any web page to a record. When you next visit the page with your browser, PasswordPod can automatically transfer the details from the record to the page. You can keep the main window hidden when you don't need it and access the program using its system tray icon - transfers to web pages will happen automatically as you surf.

Some websites ask you to enter only certain characters of your password. Even if you know your password, it can take a while to work out which characters are being asked for. PasswordPod can help here by automatically showing a popup whenever you visit the page which clearly numbers each character of the password. If the fields on the web page allow it, you can just drag & drop the individual characters to the fields whilst keeping the password itself hidden.

You can take all your passwords with you wherever you go. PasswordPod can be installed onto a USB flash drive that you can plug into another computer and use as normal. The flash drive has its own copy of your secure data file and a handy sync dialog helps you to keep the file up to date with the one on your main computer.

More details follow in the "Using PasswordPod" section.

To display general help from the main window, press F1 or choose Help Topics from the menu. For help on an individual window item, click on the Context sensitive help for password manager toolbar button, then click on the item you want help for.