About Antivirus

asddsaffds · 01-10-17, 02:23 AM

Sandboxie is a good program for limiting the damage of virus links in a web browser/email.

Possible to have different sandbox strictly for important web browsing (cc#,bank,work) away from the more sketchy browsing.

Still the loss of private data of whatever data stored in that browser however but limiting any backdoor virus to just that sandbox instead of spread in entire computer system is good thing. There is really nothing to gain by running browsers unsandboxed these days for the additional risks.

Catfish · 01-10-17, 02:49 AM

Using a virtual machine from within Win 7/8/10 also minimises problems, in case of infection just shut it off, then start it again. Need a Win prof. version though.

Skybird · 01-10-17, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Using a virtual machine from within Win 7/8/10 also minimises problems, in case of infection just shut it off, then start it again. Need a Win prof. version though.

That is original, I never came to this idea.

Using a VM of Windows 7 within a W7 environment... Hehe!

Skybird · 01-10-17, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by asddsaffds

Sandboxie is a good program for limiting the damage of virus links in a web browser/email.

Possible to have different sandbox strictly for important web browsing (cc#,bank,work) away from the more sketchy browsing.

Still the loss of private data of whatever data stored in that browser however but limiting any backdoor virus to just that sandbox instead of spread in entire computer system is good thing. There is really nothing to gain by running browsers unsandboxed these days for the additional risks.

I used Sandboxie myself when I still was on W7, I too recommend it.

Back in my days it just had a stupid default setting that would not delete the content of the sandbox once you left it and/or the browser. If you install it (it was easy back then at least), make sure you study the options and understand them, and make sure you have this critical option changed so that the sandbox indeed kills its content when you leave it. That is the purprose of a sandbox - why they make the default setting different is completely beyond me.

01-10-17, 02:49 AM	#2
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,799 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Using a virtual machine from within Win 7/8/10 also minimises problems, in case of infection just shut it off, then start it again. Need a Win prof. version though. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-10-17, 02:23 AM	#1
asddsaffds Bilge Rat Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 1 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Sandboxie is a good program for limiting the damage of virus links in a web browser/email. Possible to have different sandbox strictly for important web browsing (cc#,bank,work) away from the more sketchy browsing. Still the loss of private data of whatever data stored in that browser however but limiting any backdoor virus to just that sandbox instead of spread in entire computer system is good thing. There is really nothing to gain by running browsers unsandboxed these days for the additional risks.