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It's not a proper sandbox. Converted apps run with full trust. There's file system and registry redirection but a malicious app can get around it. See this discussion: https://arst…

IE8 does sometimes put multiple tabs in one process, but not all tabs are in the same process. I think Microsoft should move to one-process-per-tab too; The problem is that all the…

Chrome's sandboxing is conceptually more secure than IE's, and NACL is more secure than sandboxed ActiveX. The key difference in both cases is granularity. Chrome sandboxes each ta…

Chrome actually updates itself automatically in the background.

Hi, this is Sascha from BaseShield. Sorry about this confusion, such messages can be worrying, but let me assure you that BaseShield is not doing anything malicious here. Symantec …

You're absolutely right, no fundamental reason why it wouldn't work. It's mainly that some components need to be re-compiled for 64bit with some adjustments for Wow64. It's high up…

At the moment you have to go to an app's page and if there's an update you can get it with one click. There's a lot of potential for further automation. .NET support is in the work…

This installer makes it as easy as possible to install the product without asking the user to make unnecessary decisions. The reasoning is that the few users who don't want a deskt…

The main difference is BaseShield's secure virtualization. It's true that there are other platforms that make downloads convenient, but none of them can automatically enforce certa…

The virtualization layer only supports user mode applications; kernel mode drivers unfortunately won't work. Services are not yet supported but support may be added in the future.

Thanks for your comments! (I'm one of the founders) It works for application packages that are in the repository. Right now we have a collection of free software but we want to enc…