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    MS Attack surface analyzer

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by hakira, Jan 19, 2011.

  1. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    This might be a bit advanced and beyond a lot of people on this board but it seems quite useful, I've wanted a tool like this in the past. MS has released this software (ASA), which takes snapshots of your entire system (before installing a program) and compares it to snapshots taken after you install a program - really useful if you aren't entirely sure what a program will do or change once installed. Best used in a sandboxed environment or VM for safe testing of sketchy code. Again, beyond what most people will need or want to do, but there you go.

    Download details: Attack Surface Analyzer BETA
     
    hakira, Jan 19, 2011
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    probably the best microsoft app ever...
    really great tool
     
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  3. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I don't think I'll bother with it for my own laptop (Home Server Backup if something goes wrong) but that does sound like a very useful tool.

    Good find :)
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 20, 2011
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  4. perrin_aybara

    perrin_aybara Notebook Consultant

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    Didn't comodo do this a couple of years ago with Comodo Time Machine? :confused:
     
    perrin_aybara, Jan 21, 2011
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  5. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    Have you played with EMET?
    (Completely different tool of course but that might be my 'best (beta) app ever').

    CTM is a rollback utility/Comodo 'system restore' program. I doesn't allow for comparing snapshots afaik.
     
    Baserk, Jan 22, 2011
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