NOD32? Not convinced..

A virtual machine. Effectively you can install another operating system inside your own and run the two independently.

I have a virtual copy of XP here (you could use Linux if you wanted too), its 'hard drive' is actually a file on the C drive of my main PC (c:\Virtualbox\XP.vdi) and everything I do in the virtual machine is stored here. I can install 100s of viruses on it or completely trash the OS and nothing will happen to my main OS. I can even roll it back to a previous state if I wanted too.

The software running on it is none the wiser either, it thinks it's a real PC.



http://www.virtualbox.org/
 
Ah. Yes I do prefer it.

I see it as safer because whilst I understand what Sandboxie does, the cynic in me tells me that it's not perfect. In-fact, if you read the FAQ it points out that unless you configure it properly programs can still read your sensitive data etc, so it might not be able to delete your files but it can read your passwords :p.

Either way, both ways are a vast improvement over doing nothing at all :).
 
Download Microsoft Virtual PC (free) and the XP IE6 App Compat image (stripped down version of XP for testing sites on IE76) also from Microsoft.
 
One thing to know about a VM is that, say if you install vista ultimate, the 3d stuff won't work, well it didn't when I had vista installed months ago, it may have changed now though?
 
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http://internet-security-suite-review.toptenreviews.com/

read up here..nod32 comes in at number 12...i used to use it..its ok but it is not the best...i have tested most of these on this link as i get my software for free....bitdefender is the best...zonealarm is good..but the firewall protects your pc too much...norton deserves to be in the top 5 in my opinion as it has had a major overhaul....its quite good..but bitdefender i will always use untill it gets beaten by another program...:)
 
Pho said:
I'd agree, most of those results seem to just be generic viruses.

If you really want to check if NOD is working, safely, download the test virus from http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm -it just contains a test pattern most AVs should pick up and is perfectly safe.
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Eicar is not a good test every AV company knows about it and will detect it.

Download some proper malware samples (not to hard to find but at your own risk ) if you must test and do it in a virtual environment.

Nod while not being my first choice is superior to Avast
 
thevet said:
http://internet-security-suite-review.toptenreviews.com/

read up here..nod32 comes in at number 12...i used to use it..its ok but it is not the best...i have tested most of these on this link as i get my software for free....bitdefender is the best...zonealarm is good..but the firewall protects your pc too much...norton deserves to be in the top 5 in my opinion as it has had a major overhaul....its quite good..but bitdefender i will always use untill it gets beaten by another program...:)
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i wouldnt read to much into the top ten reviews, for example no 2 Zonealarm uses the Kaspersky AV engine v6 while 3 Kaspersky 2009 uses the more advanced V8 engine !!
 
tonyf1971 said:
Eicar is not a good test every AV company knows about it and will detect it.

Download some proper malware samples (not to hard to find but at your own risk ) if you must test and do it in a virtual environment.

Nod while not being my first choice is superior to Avast
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True, but it's good to use to test if the engine is actually working.. if it fails to pick up Eicar you have problems :).
 
I find NOD32 a great program, although as i don;t actually see it doing anything i do know its working when i go on sites it deems inappropriate, which is a little annoying turning off the website protection whilst i get what i want then back on again
 
NOD won't even let you download the test virus, it just blocks it silently and moves on :)
 
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