Google buys GreenBorder
I have been mentioning “sandbox” programs as one of the new ways that are being used to defend computers against malicious software. One of the best sandboxing programs was GreenBorder but the company has been purchased by Google and their software is no longer available. What Google is going to do with this purchase has not been announced but it seems very likely that the GreenBorder sandbox technology will re-emerge somewhere in a Google application.
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[...] Google bought GreenBorder on May 11th, yet the earliest reports seem to date from the 25th. Even one article posted today doesn’t mention the takeover: “Green Border could provide a lot more value if it became part of a say a Yahoo, Google, or an Amazon toolbar,” notes Tom Forenski. Forenski’s article provides useful background information, however, on a company that doesn’t toot its own horn. GreenBorder, as he describes it, is “a security software company that offers an easy solution to virus, spyware, and trojan threats by isolating each Internet session from the rest of the PC and earlier Internet sessions.” [...]
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