Should I get my friend Sandboxie or Geswall???

Personally having tried both.
GesWall is far better

 

GesWall, hands down.

 

I see in the video after getting the infected files blocked the icon in still on the desk top. what does this mean

 

the icon is there but it is useless and when terminated was gone very easy with a mouse click ,can you do that with out geswall with one click? it was in a virtual enviorement

 

Can the free version do that How safe is that compared to the pay one

 

free version of geswall?no can not terminate nothing but a nice reboot will save your bacon cause malware still blocked

 

look at this info:

http://gentlesecurity.com/professional.html

 

What does your friend do with her computer?

Sandboxie is excellent, but a user needs to understand it's limits. What stays in the sandbox is safe and what you remove needs to be 99% trusted. That's why I scan everything I remove with 3 updated scanners and/or upload it to VT or Jotti. If your friend is a downloader then Sbie isn't for her unless she is disciplined.

 

which one is more updates jjotti or virus total to use to analize viruses?thanks

 

I honestly don't know. I usually go to VT most of the time and if it's busy I go to Jotti. I do think VT has a larger number of scanners. I also scan with my Avira paid, MBAM and SAS free versions. It's not 100% but it's the best I can do with my knowledge.

 

If your friend is a "he" I would choose SBIE any day. Main reason -- SBIE's support is superb, but seldom needed. GesW's support is sketchy.

If your friend is a "she" -- as between SBIE or GesW, I would get her a 2009 model Mercedes -- it will earn you much warmer appreciation.

 

My friend surfs the web and goes on random sites. Her anti virus is out of date and shes stuck with dial up also. Can I put the exe file on a flash drive and put it on her laptop that way

 

cool thanks for info

 

Yes you can download a program and copy it to your usb and then copy it to her machine and then install it.

If she needs an AV, Avast and Avira free are both good.

Edit: If either of your machines are infected you can share malware with a usb drive. I trust you know how to protect yourself from usb infections.

 

Can Geswall run alongside Shadow Defender with out conflicts?

 

Agree with bellgamin, she would love a mercedes. Honestly, most women don't care for security programs. Anytime I've spoken to a woman about 'getting better security on her laptop etc', any brownie points I thought I had, I've lost.

Look at the number of women vs men on security sites. Most likely 1 for every thousand dudes. Most just want to log on to facebook, download free songs for their ipod, and look at tmz.com.

Avira or Avast as the AV. I like how Avast goes crazy with sounds when a virus has been found.
Prevx edge as another layer cause it's so simple, and it's colour coded so even your grandma would know what to do.

For a guy, yeah I'd pick defensewall or geswall in a second.

 

I had some low memory issues with that combo.

 

I'm going to buy a cheap flash drive, load the exes on and give it to her after everything is set up.

 

How much RAM do you have? I have 1GB. I've run SBie and SD together without any memory issues. Thanks for the response.

 

firzen771 sandboxie isn't only for browsing you can also create more sandboxes
and run P2P apps and instant messengers programs inside sandboxie

 

i know u CAN, but i never found it as useful and convenient for that compared to something like Defensewall or GesWall which are specifically made to be used system wide with everything.

 

I can not use Sandboxie and Geswall at the same time. Says something about the Winsock. How can I solve this

 

I would advise against using those two together.
I had a bad experiance trying that combo out.
Screwed up my pc.

 

After reading this thread, I became interested in trying Geswell. I booted to one of my FD-ISR snapshots and uninstalled SBie and installed Geswall. I am in the process of wading through their PDF guide, while using GW at the same time. I'm liking it.

 

i had horrible experiences with geswall and install alone in a clean format pc,geswall does not like my xp2