Yes, that Apple commercial was ridiculously funny. The sad fact is that had Windows Firewall been designed to work like the aforementioned app, Apple would have little to joke about and a whole lot to worry about.

While I’m at it, is this program recognized by Windows Firewall the same way my AV program is? If it is, it’s a welcome addition in the viral wars!

Include me.

As about UI and the core ideology- I tried to implement it as simple in learning curve as possible. And, as I know by my community feedback- I have reached a success with it.

After the software’s been dished out. You might want to revisit the issue again to let the users vent their praise or dislikes. This way, at least, I’ll know whether to spend actual money on it for the lesser technical minded folks.

And Ilya:

This idea might be totally off the wall, but have you tried contacting the Chinese concerns like Legend Computer, Lenovo or Asus? China has a huge problem with uneducated PC users who are totally infected. You will have to lower the prices for that market though. And you’ll definitely need some anti-piracy protection. Maybe a Chinese language version that’ll only work with Chinese languaged OS’s. It’ll keep pirated copies out of the more lucrative US market.

As a reminder, do not include me in the draw. It’ll be wasted on me as I don’t have time to test it out.

No offense but I would like real numbers on the resources issue, not just a “very low”. :)

I agree with you on the biggest vulnerability thing. Thats why I said that more important is UI as only a friendly, easy to understand UI will make sure that the user doesn’t add wrong programs to trusted group.

By the way, I would also love such a software (not for me), but for my parents or relatives who keep calling me for “support”, from the latest crash.

To dyryodhan:
1) System’s resources usage is very low.
2) Mostly, people from the Wilders security forum.
3) There should be no problems. If you meet the one- mail me to support.
4) Not all the vulnerabilities are buffer overflow. The biggest vulnerability in this world is a guy who runs attachment in order to check who sent him “I love you” message.

To Dahlberg:
There is even no straightforward methodology of such the software (HIPS) tests (just google for a ‘AMTSO’, I’m a participant of this group). So, right now, it is mostly a question of a trust.

Anyone knows of any site where they do in depth tests of this kind of programs?

A 3rd line of defense is always beneficial although a lot does come down to how easy the alerts for a general home user are to understand.

thanks

how much does this add as load to my system ? any data on memory / cpu usage ?

who has tested this out ? As in actual security people? Cos the one thing worse than having a unsecure system is having an unsecure system which you _think_ is secure.

If every program runs in its own virtual environment, wouldn’t it cos some problems? I mean, would Google Talk be able to access my currently playing song?

It seems to say that untrusted processes are blocked from accessing the system areas. But isn’t this what exploits are all about ? A windows XP install with sp2 is supposed to block any access to the secure areas, but there is always some buffer overflow exploit hanging around.

How would you rate the usability? Cos the thing is , I don’t really need a software like this, as I would know better than use IE6, or go to “different” sites etc. The person who would do such things, would need some really easy to use interface. The UI is where the true innovation is needed. The backend tech for all this has been there for a long time, its just hard making it usable.

“It protects against ,…rootkits,”
well not the ones which are installed by software from some reputed company (Sony?), which says you need to install this for you to get your support or something like that. I mean, rootkits were easy only because the user was stupid, I don’t see how anything will change over here. I am talking about rootkits specifically. This will help in malware which comes in through IE/Firefox.

Incidently, everyone ought to use NoScript to make firefox actually secure, the normal firefox isn’t really upto the task.

I personally go the much more complicate route of using VMWare and multiple virtual systems. That’s why I won’t need to compete with the others for a copy of this :)

Thanks