SafeSpace - some protection from surfing with sharks
review from ClifNotes, Sep 2008, permalink • Virtualization Software • PC Activity Monitoring
SafeSpace Personal Edition is another sandboxing tool like SandBoxie and GreenBorder that creates a virtual environment on your PC that is safer to use when surfing the net. I have been seeing more about this security tool recently and I thought I'd ask you about it. Have you tried it?
One reader had written in with this to say:
Tried Safespace for a couple of days. After a number of lockups, I removed it. Interesting concept - running programs in a sandbox - but unfortunately it didn't play well with Roboform and resulted in 3 or 4 hung systems.
Todd
I recently saw a review of SafeSpace at RaymondCC's blog and he gave it a thumbs up with a few warnings that it's not perfect. Here's some of what he says.
Quote from Raymond: read the full article
I tried running Outlook Express inside SafeSpace and I can see that it is not meant for email applications. After reboot, all the received and sent emails are discarded ...
Previously I’ve tried infecting my test computer with trojan that has keylogging capability and SafeSpace doesn’t block the keylogging. “IF” the trojan is ran INSIDE SafeSpace, then keylogging will be blocked ...
Running your web browser in SafeSpace will greatly reduce the risk of being infected by computer virus.
Quote from the website
SafeSpace is a revolutionary solution for eliminating the problem of malware. It creates a secure barrier between your computer and the internet, protecting you and your personal information against known and unknown malware threats. Surf where you want, listen to or watch what you want, download what you want. It doesn’t matter.
SafeSpace protects your computer from unwanted changes, and stops internet applications from reading your personal information. Surf in complete safety. Download with absolute confidence. Log off knowing your computer is clean and your personal information remains private.
SafeSpace page: http://www.artificialdynamics.com/content/products/personal-edition.aspx
