I have been suggesting using vm images for a while now. Its definitely the way to go. Mess around with your torrents and p2p all you want then just revert and feel nice and safe.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Turnbull Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 12:19 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Malware - Support Alert newsletter From the Support Alert newsletter of July 20-06: (Not posted on the site yet) <http://www.techsupportalert.com/issues/back_issues.htm> By the time this series is completed, I'll have some specific recommendations for you on the best way to protect your computer against the latest generation of threats. These recommendations will be based on facts rather than vendor hype or commercial affiliation. Even now, two things are already clear to me. First, it's almost impossible to defend your PC from a modern malware program that is allowed to run on your PC with full admin privileges. The problem here is not with the security programs. The problem is with Windows. Second, it looks like virtualization techniques such as those used by VMWare, Sandboxie and the newcomer GreenBorder (see section 2.1 below) offer the best option for preventing infection. Here's my interim recommendation: If you are using Windows 2000 and later I strongly recommend you always surf using one of these virtualization products. It needn't cost you a cent either; SandBoxie is free and GreenBorder is free for the next 12 months. Robert Turnbull, Toronto, Canada
