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Norman Security Suite - User’s Guide
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Appendix A
What is a sandbox?
Sandbox is the term that best describes the technique that is used to
check if a file is infected by an unknown virus. The name is not
randomly picked, because the method allows untrusted, possible viral
code to play around on the computer – not in the real computer, but in a
simulated and restricted area within the computer. The sandbox is
equipped with everything a virus expects to find in a real computer.
This is a playground where it is safe to let a virus replicate, but where
every step is carefully monitored and logged. The virus is exposing
itself in the sandbox, and because its actions have been recorded, the
cure for this new perpetrator can be generated automatically.
Today, a new email worm can infect ten thousands of workstations in a
matter of seconds. Norman’s sandbox functionality can prove to be a
valuable tool for trapping new destructive code.
check if a file is infected by an unknown virus. The name is not
randomly picked, because the method allows untrusted, possible viral
code to play around on the computer – not in the real computer, but in a
simulated and restricted area within the computer. The sandbox is
equipped with everything a virus expects to find in a real computer.
This is a playground where it is safe to let a virus replicate, but where
every step is carefully monitored and logged. The virus is exposing
itself in the sandbox, and because its actions have been recorded, the
cure for this new perpetrator can be generated automatically.
Today, a new email worm can infect ten thousands of workstations in a
matter of seconds. Norman’s sandbox functionality can prove to be a
valuable tool for trapping new destructive code.