GreenBorder Pro Protects Firefox Users Against Rootkits and Other Undetectable Attacks
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New Release of Web Security Software Automatically Protects Files, Identity Data, and PC Internals While Preserving the Rich Firefox Experience
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 20 -- GreenBorder Technologies, Inc., today announced support for Firefox with a new release of GreenBorder Pro, the company's unique Web security software that has been downloaded by more than 70,000 people since its launch at the end of June 2006. Firefox users can now leverage GreenBorder Pro to protect themselves against exploits encountered online or hidden inside downloaded files. GreenBorder Pro makes users' files, personal data, and PC internals invisible to the Web, enabling users to safely browse any website, use webmail, watch videos, play music, and even access download sites without ever exposing their machine, files, or personal data to any Web-based threats. Transparent to users, GreenBorder Pro automatically preserves and secures the Firefox experience, including tabbed browsing, integrated search bars, extensions, plug-ins, and file downloading.
GreenBorder Pro also protects personal information from identity theft by securing data that users enter online while shopping, paying bills, banking, etc. Users can employ existing desktop applications with downloaded files in complete safety -- even if those files contain new, sophisticated attacks that are undetectable. In addition, the software keeps PCs running fast by preventing the buildup of Java applets, temporary files, and other Web "trash" that can slow down machines. The software's patented technology never needs updates or signatures to stay secure and works automatically with both Firefox and Internet Explorer -- at wireless hotspots, at home, in the office, or on the road.
Unique Approach Secures Use of Files, Personal Data
GreenBorder's unique approach ensures that Firefox users' private information, files and PC can't be compromised by Web-based exploits. With GreenBorder Pro, users can safely go to any website, click any link, use any Firefox extensions or plug-ins, view or open any downloaded content (music, pictures, videos, PDF files, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.), and run any Internet-based programs (online games, webmail, toolbars, etc.). GreenBorder Pro prevents malicious code encountered online or embedded in downloaded content from silently installing. In addition, the software keeps users' personal files and system resources invisible, protecting them from attacks and preventing them from being remotely accessed, modified, or controlled. The software's "set and forget" protection is automatic -- users simply launch Firefox and use it the way they always do; GreenBorder Pro keeps their private files, personal information and PC safe without asking them to make any security decisions.
Protecting Against Identity Theft
GreenBorder Pro prevents identity thieves from spying on or stealing private data entered online by giving Firefox users a special "privacy zone" they can use for shopping, banking, paying bills, and other activities that require personal information -- such as passwords, account numbers, and Social Security numbers. When a user finishes a sensitive online transaction, the privacy zone automatically clears any personal data that might have been left on the PC, ensuring that no traces of the interaction remain that could be exposed later.
Beyond Browsing: Protecting Use of Files Received via Email, IM, and USB Sticks
With GreenBorder's SafeFiles option, the unparalleled protection GreenBorder offers for downloaded files can be applied to any file received via local email programs, instant messengers, or USB sticks. For example, with SafeFiles a user can safely receive, open and use Word documents from business partners, or mp3 or video files from friends, even if the files contain the latest undetectable exploits.
How GreenBorder Pro Works
The GreenBorder Pro patented technology uniquely combines highly efficient session virtualization with strong security, creating an impenetrable protective barrier that keeps all interactions with a website and its associated content or programs away from the internal parts of the PC (including the operating system and applications) as well as the user's drives and files. The technology does not depend on scanning, identification of malicious code, or updates during outbreaks. 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 new generations of sophisticated, rapidly evolving attacks that signature- and behavior-based approaches can't detect or remove.
With GreenBorder Pro, files, webmail attachments, or downloaded programs automatically open or run in a protected environment that is transparent to the user. Users can safely work or play with downloaded files the way they always have -- watching videos; listening to music; viewing photos; and even opening, editing and printing Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, as well as other documents -- even if those files have embedded exploits.
"Firefox gives people an advanced, powerful Web experience that now can be used in complete safety and privacy," said Bernard Harguindeguy, president and CEO, GreenBorder Technologies. "GreenBorder Pro removes the burden of securing the Web from users, empowering them to take full advantage of everything that Firefox and the Internet have to offer."
Pricing and Availability
GreenBorder Pro 2.9.2 with support for Firefox and Internet Explorer runs on Windows XP and Windows 2000 systems. A free 30-day trial of GreenBorder Pro with the SafeFiles option can be downloaded from www.greenborder.com or from CNET's download.com.
GreenBorder Pro has a suggested retail price of $49.95 per year for one PC; the SafeFiles option is $14.95 per year. As part of a special promotion, for a limited time users can download GreenBorder Pro with SafeFiles from the company's website at a special introductory price of $29.95 per year per PC. Businesses can purchase bulk licenses from the GreenBorder website as well. Existing customers may download the new version and use it with their existing license keys.
About GreenBorder Technologies
Headquartered in Mountain View, California, GreenBorder provides Web security software for consumers, small and medium-size businesses, and enterprises. The company's products seamlessly protect users against Web-based threats -- even the latest rootkits and other undetectable exploits -- and identity thieves. Users can browse websites, use webmail, open downloaded files, or enter sensitive personal information online in complete safety and privacy. GreenBorder's unique technology ensures that users' PCs, files, and identity data are automatically protected at all times -- whether at mobile hotspots, on the road, at home or in the office -- without ever requiring updates or signatures. GreenBorder is a private company backed by leading venture firms Sevin Rosen Funds, TPG Ventures, and Labrador Ventures. For more information, visit www.GreenBorder.com or call 650-625-0601.
For more information, contact:
Jim Fulton
GreenBorder
pr@greenborder.com
650-625-0601 x322
Elizabeth Safran
Trainer Communications
gb@trainercomm.com
408-920-0585
Source: GreenBorder Technologies, Inc.
Web site: www.greenborder.com/
