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Want to view porn with minimal spyware/virus threats
Is vmplayer a good way to go to protect the main os? I would like to view adult sites but without risk of infecting my pc with spyware/viruses etc....Can someone suggest a program to do this? Ive been looking at vmplayer but was wondering about other methods possibly....
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i was even thinking of virtual pc...would this help and can someone recommend others similar to virtual pc and vmware?
Vmplayer should not affect the main windows should it not?
Vmplayer should not affect the main windows should it not?
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yeah rv...you can download the appliance and the player....but i still wanted some opinions just in case
No problem, my opinion: you're on the right track and it is what I would personally do. I have yet to see an all encompassing software package that prevents all spyware :)
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yeah..i kinda understand.....ive tried registry prevention programs but they are mostly a nuissance......deep freeze is a cool program but can be inconvenient at times......
Just use a knoppix bootable cd and don't worry about spyware at all!
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http://www.xinn.org/win_bestpractices.html
This is also how M$ (finally) will keep you safe in window Vista: http://www.matasano.com/log/332/matasano-interviews-ie-lead-pm-christopher-vaughan
http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2006/06/02/614226.aspx
If IE is running as lower privileged account, like being in the Users group, or Guest group, apps that launch via IE can't install software as they don't have admin privs.
-rich