I ran across this free software called Sandboxie. I thought I would share it here. It is along the lines of antivirus, ad blocking, spyware protection utilities except that it tackles the issue from a whole new perspective. What it does is keep anything that could/would be a potential virus or ads or spyware from ever reaching your system per se. What it does is set up a transient place of storage. If you download something or get infected with a virus, you simply empty out your sandbox and all is well. It never touches your system or system settings as it never leaves the sandbox. Neat concept and neat idea. I thought some might benefit from it. Give it a look.You can read more about it and download it here.
Some questions:
-What do you currently use to protect your system from unwanted effects?-Do you think this program might aide you in keeping your system running smooth?
4 comments:
In answer to your first question, I run Linux. That neuters a fair majority of the spyware and adware.
However, when I must use a Winblows PC, I run AVG (free edition), Ad-Aware, and Spybot S&D.
What Linux flavor are you using? I would have moved over to Linux a long time ago except certain programs I use to bring in income are not ported for Linux (and rely on the .NET infrastructure).
I don't use any sort of protection when it comes to my editing pc as I have never had issues with viruses, spyware, ads, etc. as I don't install things or visit websites where I could get those things (as it is my editing system and needs to remain stable).
j razz
I'm using Ubuntu, though I'm contemplating a switch to Kubuntu - different interface, same kernel.
Don't switch to Kubuntu just yet; give the new Ubuntu release a try.
Read about it here.
j razz
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