Comments on: 2 Cool Programs to Stay Safe from Hackers

By: Aibek

Aibek — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:32:18 +0000

Hmmmm…strange. I have AVG as well and it worked fine. What version are you using? the new one, AVG 2008? Not asure about Trillian though.

Snoopfree is small non-commercial program maintained by a single guy, so probably there are plenty of small bugs there.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:20:53 +0000

Snoopfree alerts whenever some program tries to read the text from your screen or record the keyboard keys. The thing there aren’t many legit programs aorund that needs access to these detials. I am personally not aware of single legit program that does this.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:12:41 +0000

Not sure about Avast, but it seems to be quite popular. I am the AVG guy. :-). As about VMWare, I haven’t tried it myself but you’re are the third guy recommending it. Must be good!

By: Glenn

Glenn — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:05:02 +0000

I had some problems when I installed Snoopfree on my machine. It didn’t play nice with Trillian 3 and the AVG anti-virus software I have. It caused both of them to become non-responsive after a while. I’m not sure if this is a problem other people are experiencing, but once I uninstalled Snoopfree my Trillian and AVG now work fine. I’m just posting this as a word of warning in case you’re considering using Snoopfree for some reason or another.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:20:00 +0000

Thanks for the information on Sandboxie, this seems like a great little program and quicker to use than programs like VMWare.
Perhaps I am missing something with Snoopfree but I don’t really see how this program is of any use as someone could install some kind of monitoring software on your computer and as long as they say that it’s safe to use before you get to look at it the only way you’ll know is if you continually monitor the allowed list. But perhaps I’ve misinterpreted it’s usage. What would be better is a program that would require a password for any new install of any program. I looked a while ago for something like this and didn’t have much success, perhaps someone here knows of a good one (hopefully free).

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:31:14 +0000

Sandboxie is pretty cool but there are a bunch of other software programs that do similar stuff. I am a big fan of Avast (www.avast.com) to stop malware and VMWare (www.vmware.com) for virtual operating spaces. I also like to wipe my hardware infrequently as it seems Windows slows down the longer you use it. It is also a good way to get rid of unwanted programs. Lastly, for physical security, I have a built in fingerprint reader for my Dell M1330 and a ViewGuard Privacy Filter (www.buyviewguard.com) as a privacy screen.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:02:29 +0000

Great tool .This website rocks ..I am using this tool from 1 year ago and it works perfectly from avoid hackers .

By: ted

ted — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:55:06 +0000

This is kind of a no-brainer (and it may not apply to all that many of you), but DO NOT try to use SnoopFree if you have replaced your Windows shell! I am running bbLean on my laptop at work and I received a nasty surprise after the SnoopFree install & restart…

By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:43:12 +0000

Thanks, I will check it out.

By: AskTheAdmin | Karl Gechlik

AskTheAdmin | Karl Gechlik — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:41:43 +0000

I don’t know what i would do with out Sandboxie… Oh yeah I go back to a Vmware session!

By: ew

ew — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:30:30 +0000

I am using returnil, i assume its similar to sandboxie.
returnil was a giveaway at that site, and its been working perfectly for me for testing software.

here is a review also:
http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/10/10/returnil