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AMUST eCondom for Internet Explorer 33

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the clever-names-and-other-nonsense dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Irish Dev is reporting that AMUST Software recently announced the release of their 'eCondom for Microsoft Internet Explorer.' From the article: 'eCondom reduces and eliminates the risks by allowing users to run Internet Explorer in SafeBrowse mode. It works similar to Run As command in Windows XP, and forces a user to use Internet Explorer under User account, even if he/she is logged in under Administrator account. Unlike Run As command eCondom normally does not reduce Windows XP usability and flexibility, and does not downgrade users Internet experience while making Internet browsing much more secure and safe.'"
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  • Nice name :D (Score:3, Interesting)

    by markild ( 862998 ) on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @07:04PM (#14313005)
    Now... If they could only change the "run" to "wear", and "stop/exit/quit" to "throw away" my day is made! :D

    Also, make the package so that everyone feel totally embarrassed when buying it. Yeah, I know it's free, but they could at least make you hear a moaning sound when you click the download or something...

    All puns aside though. Does this really help. You can do a lot nasty stuff with a regular account as well, right? I think it is great though, that people try to make IE more secure, not only do the "use Firefox" solution (for the record I'm a Firefox user!). It's in everyones interest that as many browsers as possible is as secure as possible.
  • ...that IE was a pile of cock.

  • too easy... (Score:3, Funny)

    by joemawlma ( 897746 ) on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @07:07PM (#14313020)
    ...and does not downgrade users Internet experience...

    So nothing at all like a real condom then?

  • Too little, too late (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Dark Coder ( 66759 ) on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @07:34PM (#14313203)
    With some 80-odd million IE end-users getting pounded daily and relentlessly by the wild red-light district (Internet), I doubt that such AMUST 'eCondom' would help prevent 'pregnancy' (worm/trojans) or 'infection' (spyware/malware/adware) in a timely manner.

    Using a non-Administrator account doesn't stop these vector attacks.

    Just use something that is highly-resistance to these inane cross-site scripting silliness.

          Firefox 1.5 with the following addins:
                NoScript
                FlashBlock
                AdBlock

    And, you will have better control over these phishing sites...
  • Using IE without an eCondom leaves the chance of ending up with unwanted bastard processes...plus you might catch some nasty viruses.

    So yes, I would say they chose that name correctly. It seems to work the same way...
  • However, if you want to set the background colors, you can now practice safe hex.

  • Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)

    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @08:19PM (#14313513)
    Comment removed based on user account deletion
    • Yeah, when I browse... I'd rather be FOXED.

      It seems to me MS could have preconfigured nailed-down-tight installation of Windows 2000 and distribute it as a VirtualPC image with a version of VirtualPC like VMPlayer to allow completely safe browsing, with a special function to persist your bookmarks to your "real" system. If you end up trashing your VM, but just reload it from CD and v-ee-oh-la, everything's fixed. Of course, knowing MS, they'll allow some way to use a bookmark as a vehicle for a virus.

      Of c

  • Play it safe, practice abstinence:

    Use Firefox!

    • Abstinence, geez, why always the extremes? There's not much fun using a computer when you pull the plug on your Internet connection. I hope it's not the result of an indoctrination campaign by the anti-contraceptive lobby or something...

      There is a whole lot between overindulgence and abstinence, like moderation for example. Not the thing that Slashdotters can do to each others' comments when they have points, but simply doing something within reasonable limits.

      Surf the web, don't click on just everything yo

  • Is this different from DropMyRights? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by stickb0y ( 260670 ) on Thursday December 22, 2005 @02:34AM (#14315396)

    How does this compare to Mike Howard's DropMyRights [microsoft.com] program?

    The way DropMyRights works is you run it with the path to the target program as a command-line argument. It then spawns the target program automatically with lower privileges. (Maybe too simple; Mike Howard's implementation doesn't allow for passing command-line arguments to the target program itself, although the code is basic enough that others have made their own implementations.)

    The only problem is that although it lets you easily modify the shortcut that starts Internet Explorer, there are plenty of ways to start IE without going through that shortcut. Without doing some registry hacking to change your file and protocol associations, it won't help you if you run, say, Outlook with administrator privileges and click a link in an email.

    Does eCondom somehow address this? And if it does, then how does it allow exceptions (like going to Windows Update)?

    • I took my time to compare them - and the verdict:

      DropMyRights is much better since it allows for dropping the rights of any program. The eCondom is very specialized and limited in use - it is only supporting IE, and even then only when it's your primary browser, it even refuses to install unless IE is your primary choice.

      The BAD sides with DropMyRights:

      • It's a pure command-line tool. A GUI toolbar for starting a user-configurable list of tools would have made that tool a lot more user-friendly and acce

      • It's a pure command-line tool. A GUI toolbar for starting a user-configurable list of tools would have made that tool a lot more user-friendly and acceptable as a tool for corporate use.

        Someone made a shell extension version [msdn.com], which is a bit friendlier.

        The functionality should have been incorporated in Windows from the beginning as a "Run As..." function and a shortcut property.

        Well, some of the functionality is there. If you edit a shortcut's properties in XP, the Shortcut > Advanced button let

  • Right now it seems to ONLY support IE, and even IE as a primary browser. If you don't have IE as a primary browser it refuses to install.

    I actually would like to see this program a little more intelligent and used for most bread&butter programs in use like the MS Office programs (Especially Outlook) as well as other web browsers.

  • I thought the true solution to virii was abstinence - like do not use IE? There are always better alternatives - pleasuring yourself with writing free software licenced apps springs to my mind.
  • This is a wonderful product that you're hardly ever going to see on a corporate network due to fear of sexual harrassment lawsuits. Nice choice in names morons.
    • The name probably does a great job of preventing its illegal distribution on filesharing networks, though. Also imagine how hard it would be to pirate a piece of software called "Hot Lesbian Sluts".

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