CFA/Security-Research/MalwareDetection
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Current Capabilities
- Notification whenever downloading or installing software
- Warn me when sites try to install add-ons
Upcoming Capabilities
- Tell me if a download is suspected malware - FF3
Features by 3rd parties or other browsers
- Real-time with behavior-based profiling algorithms - Finjan SecureBrowsing FF extension, Haute Secure
- Executable blocked
- Embedded content blocked (ad, video, blog, photo, etc.)
- Page blocked
- Site blocked
- Protected Mode - runs in isolation from other applications in the OS. Restricts exploits and malware from writing to any location beyond Temporary Internet Files without explicit user consent - IE7
- Cross-domain barriers - prevent script on webpages from interacting with content from the other domains or windows; protects against malware by helping prevent malicious websites from manipulating flaws in other websites - IE
- Removes spyware - IE extension SpyWall Anti-Spyware
- Using virtual machine techniques - GreenBorder (bought by Google)
Additional features
- Integrate sandboxing feature like Sandboxie; integrate virus scanning and malware protection for retrieved content/files - FF brainstorm
- Ability to disable handling and downloading of certain file types - FF brainstorm
- Extension installation - one click to permanently add site to whitelist - FF brainstorm
Screenshots
"site:" lets you use google to search a specific site:
Safari SnapBack button takes you back to search results:
