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It’s an endless offering of tabs, the exploration of the online world — you go from site to site, saving information, keeping all those windows open. It’s a collection of trivia and truths; and you indulge in them all, sparing no concern for the links you are searching through. You’re only looking for entertainment, after all. There’s no danger in that.
But then you open another tab and suddenly the screen stalls. This was a page offering new thrills or easy access to games. Instead, however, you find the beginnings of a download — with your documents being accessed by an unknown party and your data being stolen. Remote malware has crept into your computer and you can only watch.
You could’ve intervened, however, if you had chosen Google Chrome.
Offered first to the public in 2008, Google Chrome is one of the most recent web browsers. Its offerings of quick speeds, Java language and process management capabilities reflect this — branding it among the most efficient choices for the casual user. But there’s more to discover with this tool than mere convenience. There is instead the chance to deflect viruses and secure your computer.
Chrome provides a sandbox method. Simply explained, this process allows for all tabs to remain as separate entities. The information embedded within them is to be housed purely inside the individual frames. It’s not to slink out and enter the rest of the system — with a simple download rendering the entire computer helpless. Instead all data is contained (or sandboxed). This ensures that malware cannot access a user’s files just because a site was opened. The viruses are trapped in the browser.
And this is necessary for an age of easy online thefts. Unseen dangers can be kept at bay. Individuals will no longer have to fear the Internet. They can instead seek out what they wish — with Chrome ensuring there are no Trojan invasions.
