what program do you use to program to protect themselves from the new ransom ?

I don't doubt the addons created by Gorihill are good addons, otherwise many here would not switch to them. Myself, in the more than 7 seven years that I used NoScript and Adblock plus, I never taken them down for nothing. There has never been any reason to even ponder about taking then down. They work great for me, no slowdowns, no conflicts, nothing about nothing to complain about them. What else can I say, Brummelchen.

I like them.

Bo

 

Double-check the scripts ( + iframe + frame +remote fonts) + Control Flash + blocker AD multiple lists + Anti Exploit

 

Hi Bo
i know it
sandboxie is great , but i don't how configure it to keep surfing , and i have my profile update and blocking the new ransom
have you a configuration ?
i could i use it

 

I give you a couple of ideas you can try. With both, its unlikely you ll lose downloads and you should be well protected against any ransomware that gets to run in the sandbox. Note. If you using a Start Run restricted sandbox, it is very unlike any ransomware would run in the sandbox. In a non restricted sandbox, ransoware should be able to run.

First, the way I recover files. I dont like prompts or messages of any kind. So, I untick Immediate recovery in Sandbox settings>Recovery>Enable Inmediate recovery.

Then, I set Firefox to recover to an specific folder, like BoDownloads. And you add this folder in Sandbox settings>Recovery>Quick Recovery. Thats all I do.

After files finish downloading I open Quick recovery and manually recover files. But if I forget about recovering files and I click to delete the sandbox or close the sandboxed program, before the sandbox gets deleted, Sandboxie reminds me that there are files that can be recovered. This works great because it makes it very hard to download something and lose the file. You get a Sandboxie prompt like the one in the picture reminding you about files that are in the sandbox and you can recover.



In your case, you could tick Immediate recovery, that way you get a Sandboxie prompt immediately after the downloading is over, within the prompt, you can click to recover the download.

Or, for convenience, you could allow firefox.exe to have access to your Downloads folder bypassing sandboxing. With this setting, when the downloading of a file is over, the file gets created in the downloads folder just like if you were not using SBIE. No prompts or nothing required. And you are still protected against ransomware as the only file that can write tio your downloads folder is firefox.exe (and only if firefox.exe resides outside the sandbox).

Sandbox settings>Resource access>File access>Direct access, Click Add program, select firefox.exe, Click OK. Click Add, navigate to your Downloads folder, OK your way out.

Bo

 

Hi Bo
thanks
good ideas, i have created 2 sandboxies for firefox & chrome

 

Sandboxing is isolation, running your browsers in separate sandboxes is the way to go.

Bo

 

Comodo auto-sand boxing,Defence+ HIPS(clean PC mode) and Sandboxie ...of course.

Regards Eck

 

i use forced folder on cache and downloads (also flash if enabled). only possible with license. other was explained.