Atomm wrote:http://www.sandboxie.com/
Now you can run any program within a sandbox, preventing access to your core system.
I may try this with the new Media Player....
I thought this was going to be bacon-related 😀
I've used this. It's a
bit bothersome to use, and I ran into a problem with one of the revisions that didn't seem to work for me - but you gotta like the concept. If you
really want or need to run a program, and you're not confident in the results (possible trojan, spyware, malware, disk wipe), this is a good option. I should DL it again and see if they corrected the issues I had.
There are some really good security options out there, but they are somewhat irritating, intimidating, and processor/space hungry. I think in another few years when quad cores start becoming dated, and terabyte HD's becomes common, we'll see more and more of this type of thing become common. Programs that, for example, let you do anything you want to your machine and then completely undo everything that was done when you reboot. They exist now, but aren't commonly used. When we scale up the CPU power, HD space and speed, and memory, we'll have the power, speed and storage necessary to do everything more easily and in less time. All that will remain is to make it easy for the average person to use.
With HD's getting cheaper and bigger by the year, and as we pack even more info on them, it just becomes that much more important to keep our computer safe. . .and the 'Net is not getting any safer. Speaking of this, I really need to back up my drives again soon.