Sandbox security

For several years I have been writing about the inadequacy of traditional security measures that use reactive methods. (For example, See this page ). One of the newer proactive defenses is sandboxing, where the browser or other program is isolated from the rest of the system so that malware infections cannot spread. In a PC World article, Sandbox Security Versus the Evil Web , Roger Grimes tests five sandboxing programs to see how well they work. He concludes: In the end, the reviewer’s favorite products were Prevx and Sandboxie. Prevx provided the best identification of malware and prevented most of the exploits thrown at it, though by no means all. It’s nice to be told what was trying to infect your system instead of having to make trust decisions on the fly. Plus, Prevx was the only product able to detect previously installed malware, and its interface was elegant. Sandboxie was a surprise. It provided fairly accurate infection prevention and, in most cases,...