Run harmful Executables under containment in windows?
Is there a software package which can contain a virus executable or a harmful executable like it was running in wine on linux or similar. Like a shell or folder you could open an application in that would contain anything the executable tried to copy or etc so that when your done using it you could delete the folder and it was like you never ran it. Ideally I could setup linux and use wine to run the program but i dont want to have to go to that much trouble.
Tagged with: linux • shell • software package • virus • wine
Filed under: All Things Wine
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Create a limited account, and run it under that.
You get infected with malware because it modifies your system’s configuration in order to automatically launch and persist the malware’s process.
If the malware is run under the limited account, it will inherit the account’s limited permissions. Since limited accounts cannot modify critical system files, the malware in turn cannot modify these files.
You should be safe from system-wide infection. If the malware is only a "nuisance" program (changes your desktop, icons, or something "annoying" instead of destructive), it will affect the limited account only.
You should create a limited account for your everyday computing regardless. You should only need administrator privileges when doing system or software maintenance. This is just good practice, security-wise.