GreenBorder, Secure Your Firefox Session
GreenBorder is a new security experience described as "just-in-time virtualization", is now available for Mozilla Firefox ! The extension aims to protect your computer from malware, spyware, viruses or any possible threat that you can encounter on the web. Firefox will be launched in a virtual session which will be visible as a green borders as its name indicates, the green color turn to orange or red in case a security threat is detected. GreenBorder is a commercial software available in single licenses from $29.95 the first year subscription as a promotional price, just notice that the software require 100 MB on an NTFS system partition.
GreenBorder Pro uses a patented, revolutionary new approach to Web security that protects you from identity thieves and criminals by making your PC, all your files and personal information invisible to any Web-based threat encountered online or hidden in downloaded files. GreenBorder Pro gives you the freedom to safely go to any website, click any link – nothing can sneak in, copy your files, or corrupt your PC – whether at wireless hotspots, at home, on the road or in your office. GreenBorder Pro guards your privacy, providing unique identity theft protection for your files, data you enter online, and for your Web transactions. Safety and privacy, together.
I find GreenBorder concept very original, since today the threat of criminals in the internet increased using websites to attack and control your PC as well as to steal your files and private data. GreenBorder aims not only to provide an efficient solution, but also in a very easy way. After install simply start Internet Explorer or Firefox as normal. GreenBorder Pro automatically launches the browser inside the protected “virtual session” so that you can go to any website, click on any link, view or open any content – nothing can get in, read your files, or affect your PC.
So if you were wondering what's the difference between using GreenBorder and a conventional antivirus? The difference I think is in the visualization concept and maybe the idea of dealing with private data, antivirus software can detect malware and spyware but can't go more further into the website's content to detect if it could contain a threat to the user data or no. Also usually those threats came from security issues in the browser itself, so I don't know how efficient is GreenBorder to protect the user from such issues, or in other words to protect IE or Firefox from being exploited.
More information and trial download on GreenBorder's Website
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