East-Tec Backup 2006 backs up and protects the files and data you care about (files, folders, documents, emails, photos, address book, and settings from your favorite programs such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, and more).East-Tec Backup 2006 is very easy to use and features intuitive wizards, automatic backups (with built-in scheduling), data compression (using the widely popular ZIP open format, a non-proprietary format, giving you full control over your backup), strong military AES encryption (adopted as an encryption standard by the US government), the ability to backup to any media (hard disks, CDs/DVDs, USB sticks, network or Internet locations), FTP support (with upload auto-resuming supported), a version control mechanism that allows backing up only changed files, and more.

Other features include backing up without the need to close running programs, file filtering (include or exclude certain file types from your backup), the ability to run programs/commands before or after the backup, and detailed backup logs and email notifications.