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Using Combofix On Windows Vista and Windows 7 – I wouldn’t

As far as I can tell you should NOT use Combofix on Windows Vista and Windows 7.


*EDIT* – As of 2011 Combofix has been very stable on Windows 7

I’ve been doing some pretty extensive testing with Combofix in VMware and my VM’s were corrupted about 50% of the time (unbootable).   I’ve really only used Combofix on Windows XP 32-bit to get rid of rootkits quickly and easily.   Since more and more PC’s are being shipped with 64-bit OS’s dealing with malware has gotten a lot easier in the past few months for me since Rootkits cannot be installed in a 64-bit OS.

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Ok…im confused now.

I emailed KIS support about the 64bit (vista 64) sandbox question and it looks like it may support IE Sandboxing after all. A sandboxed browser is really the only thing 90% of us really care about anyway. Check out their response below:

Functionality of certain applications launched on computers running Microsoft Windows Vista x64 is limited when operating in the safe mode. If such applications are started, the corresponding message will be displayed on the screen if you have configured the notifications about the Application functionality is limited in safe mode event.



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