Virus Scanners and Process Authentication for Windows?

cavedwler asks: "Like alot of people, for one reason or another, I still have Windows running on one of my PC's and have the standard virus scanner and wondered if that is enough. I ran across this site and found a program that seems to work well in conjunction with any virus scanner. It blocks any executable or script from running on your PC without your approval. It is not a virus scanner as it does not search for viruses but just does not allow them to run. It also has the ability to monitor files and restore them in real time if they have been modified. I have been running it for a while now and am thinking of recommend it to my boss for use at work. I was wondering if anyone else out there had tried this, or other programs similar to it, in a real world environment and had any problems or successes."

Comments

SecureEXE

[itwerx]

Sounds a lot like SecureEXE.

Re:I use AVG + ZoneAlarm + Ad-aware

[alyandon]

s/ZoneAlarm/Kerio Personal Firewall/g

http://www.kerio.com/

Much more powerful than ZoneAlarm.

Re:I use AVG + ZoneAlarm + Ad-aware

[Anonymous Coward]

all Windows users use the Administrator account anyway.

I don't. I never log in as Administrator (or as an account in the Admiistrators group) on my windows box, just as I don't log in as root on my *BSD boxes.

Just because you don't know how to operate in a windows environment, that doesn't mean that everybody doesn't know. "Runas" is your friend.

Trojan Defense System is better

[leonbrooks]

Australian made and amazingly comprehensive, especially under the hood.