RE: Rebel4Life Machine
rebel4life said:
if i try out sandboxie do i need shadow defender if not i'll got a licence for shadow defender willing to trade for emsisoft mamutu 3.0 i dont want another AV companion for BDIS something that helps to plug holes in my security
You will notice however that Emsisoft Mamutu is far superior to most solutions with a BB, so it is worth hanging on to it, not to mention it is pretty much the only updated standalone BB right now.
Other mentionable BB's but are incorporated already on solutions is AVG's Identity Shield, WSA Behavior Shield (to a certain extend), ZoneAlarm.
On to the actual topic, you do not need a virtualization software. On contrary, any virtualization software is simply optional. I have SD and hardly use it. It will in the end depend what you want to do with your machine. Some will also swear by Sandboxie but even then it is still optional and simply another layer of security which can be easily ignored if you have safe browsing habits.
Other good alternatives to SD would be the free Toolwiz Timefreeze if you really want to go that route.
Simply getting an AV solution and "fill the holes" with another layer is just fine (i.e: AV + BB (in your case your Mamutu) or HIPS (via a Firewall) and a safe browsing habits: I guarantee you would not get an infection, whether its AVG/MSE/avast! or even
ClamAV.
Additional layers is
only just to be on the safe side. Not required but it is
optional.
For advanced users who know they are doing, multiple layers is fine as long as it doesn't mess up anything in their system and they will tell you it doesn't because they have tweaked just about anything in the system to support the layers properly, but for general users, a browser (chrome or IE) + a normal AV solution (9 out of 10 come with RT protection) is just fine. For MSE, should you wish, add a zero day prevention tool and your good to go.
Why over complicate things when you can have something simple (Note that when I say something simple I do not refer to the use of Sandboxie. Anything that needs to be configured is already deviating from the core: Simple and moving toward complicated).
