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Antivirus with built in virtual machine

Journal by Hairyfeet

For those that haven't tried it lately Comodo Internet Security has added a bit of brilliance...a virtual machine desktop! With this even your most clueless users/friends/relatives can have the added security of surfing in a VM without having to know squat about OSes and VMs, here is how...

1.- Give them the free Comodo IS, 2.- If they don't have it install MSFT Silverlight (no worries about zero days and the like though, because the VM runs in a locked down sandbox), 3.- Show them where the big button is that says "virtual desktop". For the most clueless Comodo comes with a widget on the desktop with most functions including virtual desktop. 4.- There is no step 4, let your user enjoy a virtual desktop loaded with Google apps and Comodo Dragon for surfing while you enjoy not having to worry about infections on their system. Hell it even comes with Angry Birds to give 'em a reason to start using it!

For years we've known that using a VM locked down and separate from the OS was a good thing but its just been too complicated for Joe and Jane, well Comodo hs that problem licked, I have handed it to some of my most clueless and virus prone customers and so far? Clean as a whistle. Its easy, increases security by a large amount, and its free...what's not to like?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 23 2014, @09:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 23 2014, @09:20PM (#46908)

    Workspaces ("virtual desktops") are very cool. [oreilly.com]
    With a proper OS, you get those out of the box.

    Now, as for anti-virus, anyone who has ever used a proper OS will know that a proper OS doesn't require band-aids pasted all over the outside. [googleusercontent.com] (orig[1]) [linuxinsider.com]
    When bugs *are* found in your software, all you **really** need is patches that are constructed QUICKLY and released QUICKLY. [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [mrpogson.com]
    For an exploitable hole that exists NOW, having to wait for a fix until the 2nd Tuesday of next month [wikipedia.org] is simply being at the mercy of everyone. That's a stupid choice of software.

    If your vendor DOESN'T repeatedly produce bug-riddled junk to start with [googleusercontent.com] (no orig link[2]) [google.com] then shove that out the door way before anyone with any self-respect would say that it's ready, that helps your computing situation a lot.

    .
    [1] You got to add your $0.02 to that--yammering on about *exploits* when the "problem" was self-inflicted by users (a TROJAN they CHOSE to install from outside their vetted repositories).

    [2] I'm not linking directly to the other site any more.
    If the link is broken because Dice Holdings is still screwing around, I advise you to substitute a valid 12-character string for the bogus one following q=cache:

    -- gewg_