Returnil Virtual System 2006

[tradetime]

Anyone come across this software?
http://returnil-virtual-system-2006.returnil.qarchive.org/
Saw it mentioned on another forum was wondering if anyone had any experience with it, and if so how does it stack up against other software in this category.

[theshadow247]

hi.tradetime.i have used returnil 1.58 for a while now i find that it works good on my system.i also use shadowuser.on another image i have.i think returnil is i little bit lighter than shadowuser.i hope this helps.cheers...

[tradetime]

Thanx for that.

[sucilee]

I love this tool very much.

[hurzelpurzel]

-{ Quote: "I love this tool very much." }-Strange, one of the authors of the tool goes by the handle "sucilee" as well ... coincidence?! ::) ... shouldn't you be honest about your relationship to a product when making such statements? I also love my applications and love to endorse them (http://windirstat.info) ...;D

The tool is not too sophisticated given the fact that you (or malware, of course) have no chance to save data on the respective volume. This renders a system almost unusable ... at least for how I use a computer (which also involves constant tweaking of settings). I also happen to revert to some backups from time to time, yet this is my choice and also gets me rid of any nasty things in case something got onto my system meanwhile. Returnil only lets you make this choice for the next bootup. But since it does what it promises and seems to be otherwise harmless, I consider it potentially useful for others. So I don't want to put down the product just because I cannot make any use of it. Also one should note that it has a very reasonable pricing.

There are other (non-technical) issues with Returnil which will soon be covered in a separate thread!

// Oliver