TrueCrypt protects you against malware !
#1
Posted 02 December 2014 - 12:43 PM
#2
Posted 02 December 2014 - 01:57 PM
Sorry about the big blob of text I just posted.
I'm encountering problems with the forum using Firefox.
The parser of the forum doesn't seem to process my line feeds correctly and other things like editing post don't work.
Posting this message with Opera.
I hope that resolves the problems...
Edit: problems solved.
Firefox must have some strange problem that causes it to misbehave.
@ Admins: Feel free to edit my first post adding some line feeds and stuff...
Edited by gid, 02 December 2014 - 02:00 PM.
#3
Posted 04 December 2014 - 05:02 PM
If you skipped truecrypt and just mapped any PE image to ram you'd get much the same effect - a writeable PE in ram, and the backing image on the disk not mounted.
#4
Posted 05 December 2014 - 12:10 PM
Sure..
That will work for a PE iso image.
But how to proceed with a real XP ?
A virus could mount the boot drive, mount the img files it contains and infect them !
I've got a pile of brand new XP compatible motherboards and I will keep using XP as my main OS the next 20+ years.
No more security updates from Microsoft, so I need to find ways to protect myself from malware.
So, I discovered this TrueCrypt "hack" and I think it is cool and extremely effective.
You can mount the encrypted drive with TrueCrypt in traveler mode and after entering the password TrueCrypt will mount the VHD file and you will be able to update the source image of the running OS with IMG_XP_Update.exe
Edited by gid, 05 December 2014 - 12:19 PM.
#5
Posted 05 December 2014 - 12:34 PM
The TrueCrypt hack is also the only method that I'm aware of that allows Pre Boot Authentication to work with a ramdisk image.
It works only with microsoft's ramdisk.sys driver.
I tried using WinVBlock and Firadisk but it doesn't boot with these drivers.
Edited by gid, 05 December 2014 - 12:41 PM.
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