Safe Zone Question

[kevbeck]

my understanding is that safezone is an isolated virtual environment separate from the rest of a system. Is it possible to acquire an infection in safezone and have the infection only in the safe zone environment but not in the regular OS environment?

[MAG]

It's a good question.

I can't see any reason why it shouldn't be vulnerable to browser malware?

(perhaps the more so because it seems to be based on an old version of chromium - so does it have the old and vulnerable built in flash plug-in version).

[Pondus]

http://www.avast.com/lp-safezone
https://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=712

[MAG]

Thanks pondus - but I can't see how those threads answer the OPs question?

If you go to an infected site in safezone, and eg the safezone flash plug-in is compromised, then surely safezone browser is compromised (as a user of safezone I'd be glad to hear that this is not possible, and it can't be infected by visiting malware sites)?

(there was also this a while ago

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=82291.0

- indicating that safezone ddn't actually keep everything on the host system out either - but I gather that particular issue is sorted now)

[Pondus]

As you read from those linker, the point with safe zone is to not get infected, but nothing is 100% the bad guys try new tricks every day