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shropshiregirl

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Shropshire

Joined: Jun 2013

Posts: 6,919

shropshiregirl has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more

03-05-2020, 10:49 AM

Warning! Read This....

Thought this may be of interest...

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...-Google-Chrome

AnnieS

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United Kingdom

Joined: Jan 2017

Posts: 18,420

AnnieS has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more

03-05-2020, 10:58 AM

Re: Warning! Read This....

It doesn't seem there's much anyone can do to avoid this, other than regularly back up files.

Omah

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Ludlow

Joined: Feb 2014

Posts: 10,147

Omah has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more

03-05-2020, 11:22 AM

Re: Warning! Read This....

The important security feature, initially broken by Microsoft in its update, is the Chromium sandbox. For those who don't know, this key feature allows users to run applications and browser extensions in a virtual environment that is completely separate from your operating system.

Thanks to a new "security feature bypass vulnerability," as Microsoft calls it in a recent update to customers, Windows 10 now fails to properly handle the feature. This vulnerability means cyber crooks could exploit the flaw to allow their apps to escape the confines of the sandbox to infect all parts of your PC.

Scary .... at first, then I read on and investigated.

It seems that the Windows Sandbox feature is available only on Windows 10 Pro (or Enterprise) editions.

I have checked my Home edition and no such feature is available. If you want to check yours:

Open Control Panel.
Click on Programs.
Click the Turn Windows features on or off link.
On Windows Features, check the list for "Windows Sandbox"
Exit interfaces

If the feature is available then you will see something like this: