Border patrol for Internet Explorer | CNET News.com
A security start-up is borrowing a technique from the research labs to try to give Internet Explorer PCs relief from Web-based attacks.

GreenBorder Technologies, a venture-backed start-up, plans to release on Tuesday a consumer security tool that puts Microsoft’s IE in a virtual sandbox. Called GreenBorder Pro, the product uses virtualization technology similar to what researchers at antivirus companies have been using for years. In a virtual environment, malicious software is allowed to execute, but it can’t touch the underlying operating system …

… GreenBorder Pro will cost $49.95 per year. A shield for files sent and received via instant messaging or run from USB drives costs an additional $14.95 per year. As a special promotion, the first 10,000 people who download the software will get a year of use at no cost.

Time will tell how much time it takes for people to write code to bypass GreenBorder and infect your machine.