Browser Security

WebBrowsers are used in most WebApplications and therefore BrowserSecurity is an important issue. This page does not apply to the small number of WebApplications without use of WebBrowsers that are directly exposed to the net.

Pop up windows can harbor malicious material

Supposedly WindowsXp SP2 have better defense. See Dec04 article at http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/index.cfm?go=news.view&news=4372

I have not yet seen this motioned here, and I have searched some for it, so if it already exists, please let me know.

I am currently running InternetExplorer in a sandbox, and this sandbox is located in a RamDisk?. For years I have had InternetExplorer's Temp, History and Cookie folders in that RamDisk?, but now I also have InternetExplorer there too! Let me tell you, it is Great! Malware can not make changes to the system, registry, or any other part of the computer, only to the virtual environment in the sandbox!! I have chosen SandBoxie? http://www.sandboxie.com/ as my sandbox program, but there are other good programs out there too. The main reason I chose this program, is because it has a free version. Running programs in a sandbox seems to be one of the last pieces of the Internet Security puzzle for me. I am just a newbie at this, but I can already tell you that it will solve mucho problemos for me!

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