Schritte, zum zu nehmen, bevor am Ort ein Programm laufen gelassen wird Jeder weiß daß, bevor ein Programm laufen gelassen wird, das Sie vom Netz downloadeten, Sie sollte
1. Do your research (check out what people are saying about the software on google groups etc)
2. Read the EULA (End User License Agreement) with the help of
Javacool's Eulalyzer.
3. Download from a trust worthy source, check site reputation using services like
SiteAdvisor (or
free alternatives)
4. Scan the executable with not just your local antivirus but also get second and third options with various
Online malware Scanners, particularly multiple engine scanners like
VirusTotal (or
alternatives). Advanced users should scan with sandboxing type scanners like
Anubis or
PC Tools Threat Expert (or
alternatives).
But these methods aren't foolproof , but what other defenses are there to ensure recovery if the programs turns out to be malicious or bad?
Using installation monitorsHow they work - These tools monitor changes made during installation of a program. This is achieved by creating a mini-snapshot of the entries in the file system, registry (typically it is not 100%) before the installer is run, followed by another run after the installer is run to capture any changes (some may require reboots to capture all changes).
Examples (freeware unless otherwise indicated) -
Inctrl ,
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Written by Madhukara H on September 6th, 2007 with no comments.
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This is a pretty cool software....It gives the Mac OSX Expose kinda feeling to the Vista PCs (only Vista....There are few other softwares that are designed for XP, but not this)
Here's a screenshot:
You can get the latest beta version from here [
link ]
The previous versions can be downloaded from here: [
link ]
But you should try the latest one in the previous link because it adds much more cool things to it....and it's working stably for a beta...
Written by Madhukara H on September 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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There’s a new Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget that brings Windows Live Maps to your desktop. Unlike the previous one, which did a great job of tracking traffic conditions in your area, this one is used to search Live Maps, even planning a route and getting directions right from the Gadget. Read more at Mike Ormond’s blog where he explains the Gadget (he wrote it, after all).
(via Ian Moulster)
Download the Gadget here.
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Written by Madhukara H on September 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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Andreas Verhoeven has released three really great Windows Vista tweaking applications, designed to improve some of the visual decisions Microsoft made in Vista without much effort on your part. Download them and load shortcuts to them into your startup folder (only one of them will do it for you) and you should really enjoy the results.
Glass Toasts replaces the balloons that come out of your system tray with something a bit more ostentatious, a glass balloon that is too flashy for most users. Then again, that is probably the point.
3D User Picture takes the picture that appears atop the Start Menu, makes it 3D, and has it rotate. This means that your user picture, plus all the icons in the Start Menu that go up there when you select them, all get this cool effect, and the effect only uses system resources when the Start Menu is open (so there’s little cost to actual use of the computer.
Thumbnail Sizer lets you dramatically increase the size of the taskbar preview thumbnails, increasing seperately the height or the width (so if you want wider, but not necessarily taller, that’s easy). You can even slow down the fade in/out animation so you can enjoy that more.
Download all three program here.
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Written by Madhukara H on September 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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