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Will the virtual web browser keep your PC safe?

I've become a bit of a fan of virtual machines - on those odd occasions when I need to run Windows I do it within a VM on the Mac using VMWare - which means I have a safe, secure installation I can move around and restore more easily than I ever could on my old PC.

I could see this approach working well in the business world - and so apparently can HP who have taken the idea (sort of) and applied it to the riskiest thing most people use - their web browser.

Enter stage left Firefox - the HP virtual browser edition. This uses application virtualisation technology from Symantec to contain Firefox within a virtual layer, effectively keeping any dodgy goings on in a sandbox. And just to satisfy everybody, it also claims it will load those sites that still insist that IE is required. Honestly - some people - who uses IE?

Interesting idea.

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