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kovidgoyal · 03-09-2016, 09:40 PM

The standard way to run known insecure software is to run it inside a virtual machine created specifically for it. Make a snapshot of the machine state before the first time you run the software. Then after you finish using the software restore the VM snapshot.

While that is not 100% secure (it's possible for virtual machines to have security bugs allowing code to escape the virtual machine) it does make it much harder for malicious code to cause any damage.

03-09-2016, 09:40 PM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,424 Karma: 27757236 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The standard way to run known insecure software is to run it inside a virtual machine created specifically for it. Make a snapshot of the machine state before the first time you run the software. Then after you finish using the software restore the VM snapshot. While that is not 100% secure (it's possible for virtual machines to have security bugs allowing code to escape the virtual machine) it does make it much harder for malicious code to cause any damage.