Chapter Seventeen. Simple Desktop Security with Chameleon

A. Chris Long and Courtney Moskowitz

CHAMELEON IS A DESKTOP INTERFACE AIMED AT HOME COMPUTER USERS THAT IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE the damage caused by malicious software, or malware for example, viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. Malware is especially a problem for home computer users, in part because on most home computers all software runs with full access to all parts of the system. For example, an email attachment or a file downloaded from the Web has freedom to do anything to any part of the computer.