Hackers set traps on broad websites

[Paul_K]

I wonder if the Sandboxie experts would read this USA Today article, and comment as to whether Sandboxie provides any safety in regard to tainted web pages:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/compu ... ware_N.htm

It appears to me that someone who visits one of these tainted pages, and then visits their banking site, is at risk - possibly, until the sandbox is deleted.

Would using Sandboxie's "Automatically Delete Contents of Sandbox" help?
Should users avoid going to their banking web site without first deleting the sandbox contents?

If I read this article correctly, only Internet Explorer users are currently at risk. I use Firefox, but who is to say that it won't also become vulnerable.

[Peter2150]

From using Sandboxie, I would say the exploited might or mght not install, but for sure deleting the sandbox would clean it out.

[tzuk]

There was a recent discussion here on a similar note.

http://sandboxie.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1414