[pchelpers] News: Security Software Slaps IE In "Sandbox" To Ward Off Threats

June 27, 2006
By Gregg Keizer
A California company better known for "sandbox"-style security aimed at 
enterprises on Tuesday launched consumer software that puts Internet 
Explorer in a protected virtual machine. The approach blocks some 
malware from reaching the operating system and lets users "wipe" the 
browser slate clean to return IE to a pristine state.

GreenBorder Technologies' same-named GreenBorder Pro uses 
virtualization-like technologies to separate IE from the rest of the 
system, so that if malicious software does execute, it doesn't actually 
touch the computer. Instead, it runs only within the "sandbox," which 
can be "dumped" with a click.

"But this is much more than just virtualization," argued Bernard 
Harguindeguy, GreenBorder's chief executive, as he cited other security 
provisions in the product, such as a feature that scrubs the system of 
personal data after an online transaction. The software also blocks 
keyloggers from capturing keystrokes, and cloaks all files and system 
resources so that they're invisible to attacks, and thus safe from 
remote access or modification.

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