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How To Determine if Encryption Was Used

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Verifying whether or not an Acronis 2014 tib backup file is password protected is easily determined by attempting to open the file.  However, even if the file has a password, that does not tell if the file is also encrypted using one of the three AES methods.  After creating the backup task, but before running the actual backup for the first time, the encryption status is shown in "Advanced_Options_Before backup.JPG"  Look at the top line - Backup protection.

"Advanced_Options_After backup.JPG" shows the advanced backup options after making a backup.  The top line, Backup protection, is missing.  Therefore whether or not the file is encrypted cannot be determined.  The Backup protection line is always missing after a backup - regardless of whether or not a password was used or a File or Disk backup was made.

Does anyone know how to find the encryption status of a tib backup file?

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Vince, technically it should be impossible to determine which encryption method was used when a file was encrypted as the whole intent of this action is to render the data to look like pure random data.

See https://www.quora.com/How-can-one-determine-if-a-file-is-encrypted-using-AES256-without-knowing-the-key for one of many discussions on the internet on this topic.

One option that might be able to tell you is if the encryption was performed as part of a stored backup task where you could take a look at the script XML data for the task and check what is set there?

The scripts are held in C:\ProgramData\Acronis\TrueImageHome\Scripts and can be viewed with a text editor such as Notepad but should not be altered.