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GeSWall 2.8 is released and available for download

What is new:

1. Network Access Restriction which allows control of network traffic similar to firewall functionality. Please check
   "Network Access Restriction",
   "How to deny network access for isolated applications",
   "How to deny network access for all applications"
   articles for more details.

2. Additional security controls for isolated applications

   • Blocking of screen-shot capturing
   • Blocking of clipboard content logging

   The controls prevent leaking of confidential information by malware.

3. Untrusted Files browser now displays file streams exploited by some malware to hide its pieces.
4. Improved support for Windows Vista UAC, please check "Windows Vista UAC (User Account Control)" for details.
5. Fixed isolation of untrusted files when "Auto-isolation" security level is enabled.
6. Fixes of GeSWall Console issues at root folder.
7. Support of recent SUN Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
8. Support of Google Chrome browser