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Special Forums Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions What is Your Favorite Anti-Virus Software for Windows at Home? Post 302196768 by rubin on Monday 19th of May 2008 12:06:49 PM

05-19-2008

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AV
- AVG (free edition) - light on resources - good
- NOD32 (pay) - light on resources - very good
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There's also a nice, lightweight, and very efficient anti-malware appl, called Sandboxie, used to be free but not now, which creates an isolation "wall" between a certain application, example your browser and PC's hard drive. Whatever is downloaded from the net, spyware, viruses,... remains in this sandbox, and can be deleted when you close your browser.
It can also be used to isolate other programs as well, which you wish to have them contained, say you want to test a new software. It creates a sort of virtual environment. It's sad that is only for windows.

Sandboxie - (pay) - very light on resources - very good.
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Last edited by rubin; 05-20-2008 at 08:36 PM.. Reason: added additional info

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dat_pz_free

dat_pz_free(3DAT)				     Direct Access Transport Library Functions					 dat_pz_free(3DAT)

NAME

       dat_pz_free - destroy an instance of the Protection Zone

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -ldat [ library... ]
       #include <dat/udat.h>

       DAT_RETURN
	   dat_pz_free (
	   IN	 DAT_PZ_HANDLE	  pz_handle
	   )

PARAMETERS

       pz_handle       Handle for an instance of Protection Zone to be destroyed.

DESCRIPTION

       The  dat_pz_free() function destroys an instance of the Protection Zone. The Protection Zone cannot be destroyed if it is in use by an End-
       point, LMR, or RMR.

       Use of the handle of the destroyed Protection Zone in any subsequent operation except for dat_pz_free() fails.

RETURN VALUES

       DAT_SUCCESS	       The operation was successful.

       DAT_INVALID_STATE       Parameter in an invalid state. The Protection Zone was in use by Endpoint, LMR, or RMR instances.

       DAT_INVALID_HANDLE      The pz_handle parameter is invalid.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard: uDAPL, 1.1, 1.2    |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       libdat(3LIB), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    16 Jul 2004 						 dat_pz_free(3DAT)