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Green Border anybody tried this ?


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21-Sep-2006, 05:27 PM #1
Green Border anybody tried this ?
Just wanting to hear if you tried this program and how was it ?
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You got a link?
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21-Sep-2006, 09:52 PM #3
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You got a link?
Well, it couldn't be at greenborder.com......
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21-Sep-2006, 10:14 PM #5
Well it looks like you need IE and outlook so not something that can help me when I don't use either.
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30-Sep-2006, 09:58 AM #6
No it supports Firefox also.
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30-Sep-2006, 11:30 AM #7
Sounds like SandboxIE in concept:
http://www.greenborder.com/consumer/howItWorks.php
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How GreenBorder Pro Works

Using virtualization combined with strong security, GreenBorder's patented technology creates an impenetrable protective barrier that keeps all interactions with a web site and its associated content and programs away from the internal parts of the PC (including the operating system and applications) as well as the user's drives and files. GreenBorder Pro prevents malicious code encountered online or embedded in downloaded content from silently installing; in addition, the software keeps all files and system resources invisible, protecting them from attacks and preventing them from being remotely accessed, modified, or controlled.

The technology does not depend on scanning, identification of malicious code, or updates during outbreaks. Providing a strong complement to anti-virus software and personal firewalls, GreenBorder Pro provides constant, reliable protection of files, personal information, and desktops even in the face of a new generation of sophisticated, rapidly evolving attacks that signature- and behavior-based approaches can't detect.

With GreenBorder Pro, files or programs that have been downloaded will open or run in a protected environment. People can work or play with downloaded files the way they always have – safely watching videos; listening to music; viewing photos; and even opening, editing and printing Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, and other documents – even if those files have exploits embedded inside.
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30-Sep-2006, 11:38 AM #8
Yes, it is almost exactly the same. I am still evaluating it for myself but, so far, I have only found one program that has a problem interacting with it (MacroMaker) and that does not to start with my PC every time. Also I find it easier to use, and the green border round browsers etc. is easier to see than the # sign in Sandboxie. Also Sandboxie crashes my machine after a while for some reason I never found out. Once I found GB I just stuck to it. I can't remember the differences in price. That's something I'll look at later. The only other problem I have with it is that you can't stop it COMPLETELY from starting with your PC. I like a program that starts and stops when I tell it to and that's not so easy with GB.
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01-Oct-2006, 03:25 AM #9
Sandboxie is still in beta. It's free. Both GreenBorder & Sandboxie were included in a recent test of sandbox programs over YONDER.
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01-Oct-2006, 05:41 AM #10
Yes, I actually subscribe to Gizmo's TechSupportAlert newsletter. At the risk of boring you I will explain a bit more. Sandboxie crashed my machine after a while every time. After reading the report you mention I decided to test GreenBorder - leaving the issues of cost aside for the moment. I have now found what was giving GB a problem and am now going to test Sandboxie again in the hope that it is the same problem there, which I now know how to correct. If that is the case then I will, of course, go for Sandboxie. As you say, it is free except that for a one-off payment of $20 you get a few added features. To answer the original question: both products are fine and the report mentioned gives you all the details you need to know about them and others.
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01-Oct-2006, 09:05 AM #11
Thanks for the link, bellgamin. An interesting read.
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