From: mark_t@phffft.com

On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:02:12 -0000, "Flyi±g ╤u± 2░19 + on netbook"
<flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>mark_t@phffft.com wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:14:43 -0600, mark_t@phffft.com wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:11:14 -0600, mark_t@phffft.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:17:13 -0000, "Flyi±g ╤u± 2░19 + on netbook"
>>>> <flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> mark_t@phffft.com wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 18:26:28 -0000, "Flyi±g ╤u± 2░19 + on netbook"
>>>>>> <flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Flyi±g ╤u± 2░╣9 + on desktop wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why don't you use a sandbox and forget about AVs?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's a new one on me Mark.  What exactly is a sandbox and how
>>>>>> does it work?   I'd better start Googling
>>>>
>>>> I use TimeFreeze
>>>>
>>>> There are other sandbox programs, but this one is the simplest one
>>>> I've ever used.  Sandboxie is too bothersome.
>>>>
>>>> Go here to read about it:
>>>>
https://www.cybernog.com/2017/09/toolwiz-time...
>>>>
>>>> Go here to download it:
>>>>
https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-M...
html
>>>>
>>>> I'm using the freebie one, not the $25 one.  If the freebie
>>>> expires, I definitely will buy it.
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't show up on the author's page any longer as being sold.
>>>> It used to cost $25.  I've been using it over a month now for free
>>>> and have had no nags about buying.  I have a feeling it is now free.
>>>>
>>>> In short, every time you reboot, your box returns to the state it
>>>> was in before you started using the sandbox.  Nothing lasts on your
>>>> computer. Nothing from your last browsing period remains.
>>>>
>>>> However, you can copy a program to a folder you have set outside of
>>>> the sandbox.. But that file might be infected.  You have to be super
>>>> careful. I simply wouldn't do that if I were you. Keep everything in
>>>> the sandbox.  If you must download and save it outside the sandbox,
>>>> check it first with VirusTotal.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.virustotal.com/#/home/upload
>>>>
>>>> Just upload the file to VirusTotal and see what all the different
>>>> anti virus programs say about it.
>>>>
>>>> Another one is Shadow Defender.  This one does expire in 30 days.
>>>> https://www.shadowdefender.com/
>>>>
>>>> Download both and try both.
>>>
>>> I forgot to add that I'm using Win XP, too.  But my box is more
>>> update than yours.
>>>
>>> 2.93 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo
>>> 64 kilobyte primary memory cache
>>> 3072 kilobyte secondary memory cache
>>> 64-bit ready
>>> Multi-core (2 total)
>>> Not hyper-threaded
>>>
>>> Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EP45-UD3P
>>> Bus Clock: 266 megahertz
>>> BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. F7 01/13/2009
>>
>> Well, one more once - I found the ToolWiz page containing Time Freeze,
>> You have to press the silly little buttons on the right to go through
>> the menu to read it's features plus to get to their own download page.
>
>Thanks for all those suggestions Mark but my limited techie abilities 
>will find setting up and using a sandbox much too difficult so I reckon 
>I'll have to give that option a miss.

There is no "setup" with Time Freeze.

Just install and then click the box saying "Start Time Freeze". 

That's all you have to do.
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