building the most secure browser that we
can is a top priority for the Google
Chrome team a secure browser helps guard
against threats such as phishing and
Malware which could steal your passwords
or worse sandboxing is a feature that
we've built into Google Chrome to
enhance the browser security here's how
sandboxing works in Chrome every website
or web application you open in the
browser is a separate and independent
process for example if you open three
different websites in three different
browser tabs each tab you open
corresponds to a separate process so if
one tab crashes the browser and other
tabs you have open shouldn't be affected
sandboxing provides a layer of
protection around each of these
processes just like an actual sandbox
it's designed to build a restricted
environment around each process if you
inadvertently open a malicious web page
designed to harm your computer or even a
familiar website that's been hacked
the browser sandbox is designed to
prevent malicious code on the exploited
websites from causing further damage to
your computer the malicious code is
contained within the sandbox so that it
does not affect other tabs in your
browser or your machine so something bad
could be running in one tab but as soon
as you close the tab it's gone without
any harm to your computer in Chrome all
web pages that you view in the browser
or sandboxed however there are other
parts of the browser the benefit from
sandboxing to plugins are additional
pieces of software that plug into the
browser to enable useful functionality
for example Adobe Flash Player is a
widely used plug-in that enables web
content such as online videos and games
plugins also allow you to view PDF
documents online plugins are widely used
and enable powerful functionality but
that widespread usage and power can make
them prime targets for security attacks
across all browsers users are even more
vulnerable to attacks if they're running
plug-ins that aren't up-to-date
out-of-date plugins frequently contain
known vulnerabilities in our efforts to
better protect chrome users from
security exploits we've built in sandbox
to flash and PDF functionality directly
into Chrome these integrations take
advantage of Chrome's auto-update
mechanism to help ensure that they are
never out of date this means that as a
chrome user
always receive the latest security fixes
and patches for these integrations to
learn more about chrome and security
visit google.com/chrome slash security