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it sounds like it might be a firewall test. Some people prefer this mode all of the time, while a lot of people prefer Always ON after they run in Smart Mode for a few days, so that VS is well trained on what not to block.Īlso, I am not familiar with the Gibsons leaktest, but from the sound of it. Keep in mind, in Smart Mode VS will toggle between ON and OFF, depending on whether a web browser or email client is running or not.

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Try to download something from or something and put it somewhere in the user space, like maybe your desktop.

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VS will automatically allow everything in the Program Files and certain Windows folders by default, since they are protected folders and it makes VS a lot easier to train. Hi, it sounds like you are overthinking VS! VS is very, very simple. So that kind of had a Voodoo feel to it.Īnyway, that is the entire history of VS! I will save this just in case someone asks again. Then it would reappear when it turned ON. Also, initially, the VS shield was going to disappear to the tray icon when it turned OFF. Some people do not like the word Voodoo, but we just think of it as a fun name, kind of magical. I will try to remember some of the names that we almost called it, but it has been awhile. We were happy because we spent 3 months trying to come up with a name.

Luckily for us, the previous owner of the trademark was abandoning the name, so we applied for it and it was issued 6 months or so later. Our patent and trademark attorneys actually had an issue with us using the term Voodoo, since there were other trademarks that used that name. We could not think of a name, so I took the Voodoo from VoodooShare, killed the VoodooShare Project, and took the Shield name from the desktop shield idea, and the name just stuck. I joined the discussion and looked at all of the AE's that were available at the time to make sure our idea was not too similar to anything else that was currently available. So I was totally unfamiliar with the AE's that were out at the time until someone from wilders emailed us and told us about the discussion at wilders. I think that would work'.Īt the time, neither Dywayne or I had ever heard the term anti executable, which if you had to classify VS, that would probably be the best category. After I told him the idea, he paused for about 10 seconds and then said 'You know what.

I called a developer that I somewhat knew through a friend and told him the idea. after 13 years of thinking about it on occasion.

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A few seconds later, I realized it would be cool to have the software toggle between OFF and ON, depending on whether the computer had a browser or email client running or not. Then a few seconds later I thought of putting a shield on the desktop so that the user can turn it on and off really quick. Then I realized that it could never work to put that powerful of a lock on a system, the system would never function correctly if you blocked everything. all I have to do is do what they are doing to me, to them. As the virus kept killing everything I would try to start, I thought to myself, 'wait a minute. something that was not a constant filter that somewhat works (traditional blackist antivirus). I had always wondered if there was a very simple but effective way to stop most or all viruses. So I would try to bring up the task manager, and the virus would kill the TM, and say that it was infected with a virus, when it really was not. It was one of the viruses that would kill anything you tried to start. One night, over 2 years ago, I was up at 3am removing the same virus from 2 different laptops from 2 different clients.

It was the part of my job that I disliked the most, viruses are just a pain, and they do a lot of damage, not to mention steal peoples identity. I also am a computer consultant during the day, and about 30-40% of my business used to be removing viruses, malware and unwanted software from computers. But the expenses were massive and a lot of competitors entered the market, so it was hard to really gain some traction. Click to expand.Actually, I had another product called VoodooShare, that was a cloud storage software that basically created links from your desktop to your friends desktop so you could share files.