From the Support Alert newsletter of July 20-06: (Not posted on the site yet)
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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
