New Browser Plugin Promises to Keep Surfing Histories Clean

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Software company Check Point's new security utility ZoneAlarm ForceField may let users surf for adult content safely and discreetly.

The program, a plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer, offers a host of security features along with a "sandbox"-style option that lets consumers and webmasters surf the web without worrying about their browser history.

"Essentially, you put the computer into a virtual safe environment so that any changes done on the computer are done in a sandbox," said Jordy Berson, Check Point's U.S. group product manager.

ForceField adds a "private browser" button that will scrub all surfing activity done while it's activated.

Online guru Brandon Shalton cautioned that while the ForceField plugin may keep personal computers free of web-surfing evidence, there's no way to keep online activities entirely private.

"Web logs on websites record your activity," said Shalton, who founded the traffic analysis service T3Report.com.

But besides the secure browsing options, ForceField also offers ongoing protection against so-called "drive-by" hacking attempts, where roaming bots will log onto a system and try to collect compromising information.

Berson said that some of these bots include keyloggers and screen grabbers, which record a user's keyboard strokes or take snapshots of their monitors when they're displaying a password or other important information.

"Malware gets on the computer and starts executing files and if it turns out to be a keylogger and screen grabber, as soon as it starts to log key strokes we try to jam the system," he said. "The malware will think it is logging key strokes but it will only come up blank."

Webmasters interested in trying out a beta version of the program can download one at ZoneAlarm.com.

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