Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition 2

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The Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition provides an altogether different and highly complimentary level of defense. It is designed to protect your computer from all types of software, downloads, websites or anything else that might harbor viruses, spyware and other malicious programs. Returnil virtualization technology clones a computers System Partition and boots the PC into this system rather than native Windows, allowing you run your applications in a completely isolated environment. Hence the session and all activity, malicious or otherwise, will happen in the virtual environment, not in the real PC environment. If the PC is attacked or gets infected, all you need to do is to simply reboot the PC to erase all changes. After reboot, the system will be restored to its original state, as if nothing ever happened. All of this without sacrificing computer performance or usability while helping to reduce technical support intervention and the need for routine maintenance.

Version 2 includes Protection and Virtual Partition engine quality improvements, redesigned, intuitive, and more mature User Interface, third party Virtual Partition access control, choice between Memory and Disk caching, easier access to the System File and Folder Relocation Tool.

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  Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition

  does exactly what it says

  by: alice_b0wie on 04-Apr-2008 09:02:59 AM

  Pros: this does exactly what it claims, didn't slow down my computer. and here's my big butt....

  Cons: but, if you download a program or updates, remember to turn this program off or it doesn't reach your hard drive.

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  Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition

  Does everything it should with ease.

  by: Charles K on 29-Mar-2008 08:11:20 PM

  Pros: Once installed, turn on system protection and re-start. Your on a virtual system so theres no way to catch spy-ware, viruses or damage your operating system which I've done to many times without it. It's a superior way to test software including anti-virus programs, tuning, tweaking, registry cleaners, etc. Re-start and the what ever you installed is gone, just like it t never happened. If you decide you like it, start with protection turned off and install it for real. It's simple to use and free just makes it that much better.

  Cons: No cons. This is a good, free virtual drive program

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  Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition

  one of the best free APP

  by: huahuahuahua on 09-Apr-2008 11:16:33 AM

  Pros: the 2008 new version has a very cool GUI and very solid kernel. I like it very much.

  Cons: I have use it for a long time. it works smoothly.

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  Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition

  Great on XP, dangerous on Vista.

  by: sharkhunter922 on 16-Apr-2008 05:57:36 AM

  Pros: This app is so cool on an XP system, I can't recommend it enough. Just don't allow it to create and format it's virtual partition on a Vista machine or it could end up, burnt toast!

  Cons: But, I'm running two Windows systems on the same PC. Tried to install on Vista, after reboot it blue screened/memory dumped on me (just like Vista SP 1 did). I'm quite certain it did because I allowed it to create it's little virtual partition on one of my memory boards. Too bad really! If I had a PC for each system, I'm sure on XP it would do fine. Under Vista, after it dumped on me, I had to re-install Vista and ZNorton Ghost, then recover it from the cloned image on my external drive. But first, I had to re-seat the memory boards in order to kill the virtual partition.

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  Returnil Virtual System Personal Edition

  Easy to use

  by: wgq1015 on 21-Mar-2008 08:32:00 AM

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