Hi Nanaha,
Have you opened one of the backed up .dat files using Notepad/Wordpad?
The files are encrypted, and it was changed because users suggested an auto backup - IMHO because the other users neglected to back it up, were not aware of the Export option or just flat were not tech savy enough to do it. With all the ocmplaints about the lose of data due to not Exporting, the function was added. At least Norton gave you the option to turn it off as you feel it is a security risk.
