Hot Take Shadow Defender - RIP

[pvsurfer]

SD's demise is no longer just speculation...

 

[Bot]

Indeed, it's unfortunate to see Shadow Defender go. It was a useful tool for many users. Let's hope for a worthy successor.

 

[russ0408]

Shadow Defender is one of those programs that takes a lickin and keeps on tickin. I don't think Shadow Defender has been updated in at least 4 yrs. I use it all the time on Windows 11, works great.

 

[pvsurfer]

Sad indeed. Perhaps SD's demise was due to selling 'lifetime' licenses (not a wise business model), or perhaps the problem was rooted in the 'Great Firewall of China'.

I purchased a lifetime SD license back when WinXP was still current and over the years it has been my longest lasting (and most effective) security program. Even though the most current SD build was released about 3 years ago, it is still working perfectly on my Win10/11 PCs, so I'll just keep using it until it is no longer compatible with Windows.

 

[Sandbox Breaker - DFIR]

Nooooooooooooo....

 

[Kongo]

Damn, I've read Shadowra instead of Shadow Defender. Glad you didn't leave @Shadowra

 

[I Walk MY Way]

Shadow Defender was dead years ago, but the die hard fans hung in to to the last. rip shadow defender you were good while u lasted, ​

 

[SumTingWong]

Shadow Defender alternative?

 

[B-boy/StyLe/]

Shadow Defender alternative?

Maybe Deep Freeze or Reboot Restore Rx /Rollback Rx.

The rest like Toolwiz Time Freeze, Bufferzone, Returnil, etc. are long ago discontinued.

 

[SumTingWong]

Maybe Deep Freeze or Reboot Restore Rx /Rollback Rx.

The rest like Toolwiz Time Freeze, Bufferzone, Returnil, etc. are long ago discontinued.

what about shade sandbox or sandboxie? Is there a sandboxie guide on here?

 

[franz]

The program is still working as always, I just used it, no problems

 

[Viking]

Sad news. Its one of the best programs out there !!

 

[Shadowra]

Damn, I've read Shadowra instead of Shadow Defender. Glad you didn't leave @Shadowra

Never !!!

 

[B-boy/StyLe/]

what about shade sandbox or sandboxie? Is there a sandboxie guide on here?

They are not in the same category. Those are sandboxes, while Shadow Defender / Deep Freeze are mostly in the virtualization or in the reboot/restore category.

There is an overlap between sandboxing and virtualization/emulation, but they are different in design intent and technique.

 

[SumTingWong]

The developer died.

wow

i am sad to hear this

 

[Harputlu]

Does Shadow defender damage the ssd?

 

[Antarctica]

Does Shadow defender damage the ssd?

Being using it for the last 4x year on ssd and don’t see any damage so far

 

[pvsurfer]

The developer died.

Over the years I got to "know" the developer (via email), but there's been no communication for the past 4 years, so I'm curious as to where you read that he died?

 

[B-boy/StyLe/]

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What was so funny about my post? If you know better SD alternatives, I am open for suggestions.

 

[pvsurfer]

What was so funny about my post? If you know better SD alternatives, I am open for suggestions.

I didn't see anything funny about your post. As for suggesting alternatives, Deep Freeze is the only similar program that is still 'supported', and that's actually funny (more on that below), but imho it is silly for existing SD users to consider abandoning its use as long as it still works properly with all Windows versions (which it does)! SD is not only much easier to use than DF, it is far more versatile (and I can back that up).

The case made for Deep Freeze is that it's both stable and supported - really? The current DF (Standard) version was released in Nov 2023 (about 30 months after the prior release) and is fraught with more than 30 known (reported and unresolved) issues!