New! SuperShield
How come IE is the only app running in Low Integrity mode on Vista? This tool allows you to run any application in a very restrictive environment. I use a combination of low Integrity Level along with SAFER_LEVELID_CONSTRAINED to severely limit what an application can do on your PC.
Network Impact Tool
Network Impact Tool (NIT tool). Used to measure the added overhead of software on your PC's networking speed.
I do not know of any other tool which can measure the real impact of software, to this granularity.
This tool allows you to:
- Edit a text file with a list of domains the tool will use
- Will eliminate the DNS lookup from thr equation
- Use the real IE engine to actually load the web page
You can use this tool to measure differences:
- the overall response at different times of the week/day
- the differences in response time when used from differing ISPs
- or the differences in response time when used in different countries, etc..
Superconfigure, A Windows PC Hardening and Rejuvenating Application and SDK
I've designed my implementation such that the functionality is done through a Windows DLL which exports the C++ APIs, for example:
Disabling 3rd Party Tracking cookies (IE)
Disabling Vulnerable ActiveX controls from running (IE, currently > 27)
Disabling Malicious ActiveX controls from running (IE, currently > 863)
Re-initializing the TCP/IP stack
Re-initializing Winsock Catalog
Disabling malicious IE Toolbars (currently > 149 known bad)
Disabling malicious IE BHOs (currently > 1350 known bad)
Resetting IE home page and search page
Disabling automatically running applications from registry, startup folders, etc.
Disabling common hooking locations for spyware (scheduled jobs, screen saver, etc.)
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Hardening a Windows PC to Reduce Exposure to Internet Threats.
I have been writing Internet Security Software for over ten years, and Windows software for over fifteen years. During this time I have used a number of anti malware solutions from numerous vendors.
Today's Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware solutions do a good job of removing malware files, unfortunately this often leaves the machine in an unusable state (broken networking for example). That's why I wrote a small utility to re-configure Windows to a clean state, and prevent future infections by disabling common vulnerabilities.
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