Antiviruses, firewalls and anti-spam programs are recommended to keep your PC safe against any viruses that infest the web.
If you do not want to take any risk while surfing the internet, maintain privacy and, above all, download and install programs and tools of all types, without the paranoia of checking every time if it is safe software or if it hides malware, you it can use a different type of security which creates a protected area on the computer where it is possible to download files and install programs, even if they were extremely dangerous viruses, without any risk of finding the infected PC.
This that seems like a job for experts, can be configured on Windows in a really simple and automatic way thanks to BufferZone that I could define a protector of downloads and downloads from the internet, from ambiguous websites, from files that are received via email or via Messenger.
UPDATE: With Windows 10 you can activate the isolated and protected SandBox to be used as a virtual desktop .
With BufferZone not even a botnet can infect and take control of the computer because any attack would take place only within the isolated environment, in which all threats are separated from the rest of the PC which becomes waterproof.
The advantage of using the technology of the protected area is that, in this way, even unknown viruses are rendered harmless.
Bufferzone can be downloaded for free in its full version BufferZone Pro .
After installation, you are asked to restart your computer and, the first time you open it (from the icon next to the clock in the system tray), you can read an illustrated tutorial in which it is explained how each program that goes on the internet, Browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Client Messenger such as Windows Live Messenger and Torrent or Emule clients and clients to read Email, are virtualized or run in the protected environment .
For example, therefore, the Internet Explorer cache files, instead of being saved in their default position in Windows, are moved to the protected zone, the trustzone.
If you then visit a site that automatically wants to install some malware, it is downloaded into the virtual cache without interacting with the PC.
If you download a program from the internet, not only is it saved and kept in the virtual area but, if you then open it to install it, a folder path is created in a protected location and not in the Windows Program folder.
The use of the internet is absolutely not changed and you can browse and download as you normally do.
If you download a program of which you have no doubts about its safety, you can pull it out of BufferZone and install it normally by right clicking on it and choosing the " Move Outside Bufferzone " option .
It returns to the position it should be and can be installed in the normal way.
In the main interface of the program there is a kind of task manager that lists the programs executed in the protected virtual area.
Browsing the internet in a protected area guarantees privacy because all the sites visited and temporary files are saved in the isolated area of Bufferzone.
Bufferzone creates a new folder on the computer which constitutes the protected area ; by default it is in the path C: \ Virtual \ Untrusted where all the files downloaded via the internet and from programs running in the protected area are located and saved.
Note that when you open a window from the web browser (such as Firefox or Chrome), it is surrounded by red if it is opened in the protected area.
By default, the PC documents folder is protected and made unusable by browsers and programs that go on the internet and also the C: \ Virtual \ Untrusted folder is hidden so as to protect privacy.
There are also other functions inside the program such as saving snapshots of the system so as to recharge it at any time and the possibility of using USB sticks inside the isolated area.
Those who download a lot from the internet could certainly take a look at this protection system and freely download any program or file protecting the downloads and isolating them from the computer.
BufferZone Pro is not the only program of this type and as an alternative you can use SandBoxie to try and install programs and browse dangerous sites with a safe PC .
If you do not want to take any risk while surfing the internet, maintain privacy and, above all, download and install programs and tools of all types, without the paranoia of checking every time if it is safe software or if it hides malware, you it can use a different type of security which creates a protected area on the computer where it is possible to download files and install programs, even if they were extremely dangerous viruses, without any risk of finding the infected PC. This that seems like a job for experts, can be configured on Windows in a really simple and automatic way thanks to BufferZone that I could define a protector of downloads and downloads from the internet, from ambiguous websites, from files that are received via email or via Messenger.
UPDATE: With Windows 10 you can activate the isolated and protected SandBox to be used as a virtual desktop .
With BufferZone not even a botnet can infect and take control of the computer because any attack would take place only within the isolated environment, in which all threats are separated from the rest of the PC which becomes waterproof.
The advantage of using the technology of the protected area is that, in this way, even unknown viruses are rendered harmless.
Bufferzone can be downloaded for free in its full version BufferZone Pro .
After installation, you are asked to restart your computer and, the first time you open it (from the icon next to the clock in the system tray), you can read an illustrated tutorial in which it is explained how each program that goes on the internet, Browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Client Messenger such as Windows Live Messenger and Torrent or Emule clients and clients to read Email, are virtualized or run in the protected environment .
For example, therefore, the Internet Explorer cache files, instead of being saved in their default position in Windows, are moved to the protected zone, the trustzone.
If you then visit a site that automatically wants to install some malware, it is downloaded into the virtual cache without interacting with the PC.
If you download a program from the internet, not only is it saved and kept in the virtual area but, if you then open it to install it, a folder path is created in a protected location and not in the Windows Program folder.
The use of the internet is absolutely not changed and you can browse and download as you normally do.
If you download a program of which you have no doubts about its safety, you can pull it out of BufferZone and install it normally by right clicking on it and choosing the " Move Outside Bufferzone " option .
It returns to the position it should be and can be installed in the normal way.
In the main interface of the program there is a kind of task manager that lists the programs executed in the protected virtual area.
Browsing the internet in a protected area guarantees privacy because all the sites visited and temporary files are saved in the isolated area of Bufferzone.
Bufferzone creates a new folder on the computer which constitutes the protected area ; by default it is in the path C: \ Virtual \ Untrusted where all the files downloaded via the internet and from programs running in the protected area are located and saved.
Note that when you open a window from the web browser (such as Firefox or Chrome), it is surrounded by red if it is opened in the protected area.
By default, the PC documents folder is protected and made unusable by browsers and programs that go on the internet and also the C: \ Virtual \ Untrusted folder is hidden so as to protect privacy.
There are also other functions inside the program such as saving snapshots of the system so as to recharge it at any time and the possibility of using USB sticks inside the isolated area.
Those who download a lot from the internet could certainly take a look at this protection system and freely download any program or file protecting the downloads and isolating them from the computer.
BufferZone Pro is not the only program of this type and as an alternative you can use SandBoxie to try and install programs and browse dangerous sites with a safe PC .
