Microsoft has announced that the next major update to Windows 10 will run its Edge browser in a lightweight virtual machine. Running the update in a virtual machine will make exploiting the browser and attacking the operating system or compromising user data more challenging.
IanCP
7:16 pm on Sep 27, 2016 (gmt 0)
How many people are using Edge? I don't bother with it.
Firefox 43, Chrome 53, and IE 11 service all my needs.
Yes I know Microsoft are relying in the longer term on people using Windows 10, Edge, and whatever email program - all unquestioningly "right out of the box"
bill
10:52 pm on Sep 27, 2016 (gmt 0)
Running a browser in a sandbox or virtual machine is one of the safer ways to go. Separating the browser from the underlying OS has a lot of security benefits. Ransom-ware and other malware are contained and can't spread beyond that container. If they can do this successfully with the Edge browser hopefully the technology could spread to other internet facing apps like mail and chat. This Application Guard technology will be in high demand, even though it will only start with Edge.
graeme_p
4:41 am on Sep 28, 2016 (gmt 0)
A rather restrictive solution: there is too much a browser needs to do that needs access to things.
On Linux I run my browser with App Armor restrictions which can be adjustable, but even then I find a safe configuration is a nuisance.
Of course if it had not been decided that we needed to turn the browser into an applications platform instead of a way of reading documents we would not have this problem.
