Reviews of ProcessGuard

1. 
   freegoo

   Reviewing 3.150 (Nov 2, 2005)

   Hopefully this won't come across as a personal attack... :)
   
   Not sure how paranoid people really are being when malware IS out there, and XP's OS is **WIDE OPEN**. You can get a rootkit just by listening to a music CD now (http://arstechnica.com/n...post/20051101-5514.html) and good luck removing it should Sony's DRM prove unstable on your computer (it's confirmed to hose Vista systems). I don't normally visit high-rish sites (Warez, crack sites, porn, etc) AND I use common sense when running programs, but the thought that I might run across a spoof site or a momentary lapse of judgement... it's nice to have a layer of security that (hopefully) will trigger should something get by me or my router.
   
   That all said, PG does seem to do what it claims to do. Is a stable on my system and uses virtually no CPU resources and a measly 15 megs of memory. It's not the most user friendly program in the world, but a little reading and I have it pretty well setup.
2. 
   CyberHobo

   Reviewing 3.150 (Jan 22, 2005)

   I've got to agree with http:confused. Unless you are a trial and error expert, your system will come to a standstill. Also, I've been promised TDS4 for years... And why is everything referred to as a "nasty?" Why can't a virus be called a virus... and a trojan a trojan...?
   
   Since I've started taking my anti-psychotic medication I have stopped hanging out at Wilder's...
3. 
   httpd.confused

   Reviewing 3.150 (Jan 22, 2005)

   Why does everyone have to make it personal? I criticized software, not people. Why do you have to take personal shots at me? Well, my nick isn't "confused", it's "httpd.confused", and you'd get it if you knew a bit about software.
   
   Novice users running ProcessGuard? Yeah, sure. Show me a novice deciding what software needs to install a driver or service, or what software needs to use a hook of any of the various types. What happens is that either (A) They allow it, just to get things to work; or (B) They deny it, and wonder why their software or their entire systems don't work.
   
   The Wilders forums are no barometer for the quality of this software. Who hangs out there? Security paranoiacs, and DiamondCS fanboyz. Do you honestly think Wilders members are an accurate representation of a typical novice user?
   
   I've never been struck by a virus, nor by a trojan, and nor even by spyware. Not once. On any of the systems I maintain. And it's not that I have, but didn't know it--I know I've never had a malware infection. And ProcessGuard would not have protected you against that virus you mention, unless you have it enabled all the time. But the authors recommend you disable ProcessGuard when installing new software! Looks like I'm not the one who is "confused" here.
4. 
   Caratacus

   Reviewing 3.10 (Dec 9, 2004)

   Only "confused" (aptly named) seems to have a problem with PG. A little time at the Wilders forum and other forums will show you that this product is highly valued by people who are serious about the security of their computers.
   
   One of the benefits of PG is that it educates novice users as they use it as to what processes are running on their machines. This program is a basic security protection that adds greatlty to the layered defence of your computer against the many baddies out there.
   
   Several years ago, before I installed PG, my computer was attacked by a virus. The FIRST program it took out was Norton's AV. PG can protect you against attacks like this.
5. 
   raistphrk

   Reviewing 3.10 (Dec 8, 2004)

   Regardless of what security software you have running, you need to research programs and ensure that they come from a trusted source before you install them. Unless you use common sense when installing software, your system will not be secure. That being said, software that hardens the Windows kernel is a welcome product. httpd is right that the product is no panacea; however, if a user installs only trusted software, a product like Process Guard can go a long way to prevent unauthorized scripts from being executed with kernel permissions.

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