Virtually Infallible Protection
How would you like to completely protect your PC from viruses, malware and the myriad of nasties floating around the Internet? Of course you would, but even with the best security software available there’s always the chance something will get through, but maybe there is a solution…
What we have here is a freeware program called Returnil Virtual System that creates a sacrificial ‘mirror’ or clone of your system on a virtual partition on your hard drive. Your PC boots into the virtual system, so your original system remains isolated and protected. If something does make it through your defences no harm is done, you just reboot and any changes the malicious software has made are automatically erased and you reboot into a newly created system.
It’s a bit like The Matrix, a PC within a PC, spooky and quite tricky to get your head around at first but once you get used to it, it makes a lot of sense and your PC will become virtually bullet-proof.
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April 4th, 2008 at 3:47 am
It is still only 85% there.It is still Clumsy and hard to remove. You still need to have a propper backup image of your OS before using this software just to be sure. After 12 months it stops full functionality.(RIP JOB)
Having a backed up copy of your OS using ShadowProtect or Acronis trueImage is better and safer than relying this half finished bloated SandBoxie clone.