Returnil Set up help

newbie65 · 24. Nov 2009, 11:22 PM

Can someone please assist me in setting up Returnil to use for browsing and surfing protection? Maybe some step by step instruction...? Do I activate Returnil before or after opening my web browser? How do I know that a virtual environment has actually been activated? Unlike Sandboxie it gives no visual confirmation. Thank You

George · 24. Nov 2009, 11:43 PM

I dont know Returnil. I found this link though, maybe it helps:

http://www.tipsfor.us/2008/01/30/ret...stem-software/

J_L · 25. Nov 2009, 03:10 AM

First you need to make sure that nothing is open other than Returnil (unless you plan not to sandbox those programs). Then, right click Returnil's and click enable.
Next time you right-click it, there should be a checkmark next to Enable. Also, it should say that System Safe is enabled on the main gui.

Anything you open afterwards will be sandboxed. Restart your system and everything you've done after you enabled it will disappear. If you want to save files, save them in another partition, or the virtual disk Returnil provides.

You can also enable Returnil after you restart windows. If you've enabled it before, your sandboxed session will simply continue instead of losing all changes.

Sope · 25. Nov 2009, 03:52 PM

Also you may find watching a YouTube demo useful such as the one here. Sometimes it makes it more clear to see it done in front of you.

24. Nov 2009, 11:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
newbie65 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	Returnil Set up help Can someone please assist me in setting up Returnil to use for browsing and surfing protection? Maybe some step by step instruction...? Do I activate Returnil before or after opening my web browser? How do I know that a virtual environment has actually been activated? Unlike Sandboxie it gives no visual confirmation. Thank You

24. Nov 2009, 11:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
George Progradminstrateditor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Frankfurt, GER Posts: 1,253	I dont know Returnil. I found this link though, maybe it helps: http://www.tipsfor.us/2008/01/30/ret...stem-software/ __________________ Best regards, George

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25. Nov 2009, 03:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
J_L Co-Author, Best Free Security List Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,475	First you need to make sure that nothing is open other than Returnil (unless you plan not to sandbox those programs). Then, right click Returnil's and click enable. Next time you right-click it, there should be a checkmark next to Enable. Also, it should say that System Safe is enabled on the main gui. Anything you open afterwards will be sandboxed. Restart your system and everything you've done after you enabled it will disappear. If you want to save files, save them in another partition, or the virtual disk Returnil provides. You can also enable Returnil after you restart windows. If you've enabled it before, your sandboxed session will simply continue instead of losing all changes.

25. Nov 2009, 03:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sope Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 809	Also you may find watching a YouTube demo useful such as the one here. Sometimes it makes it more clear to see it done in front of you.