BaseShield Launches Secure Single-Click App Download for the PC

Providing Developers and consumers with the experience of the iPhone app store on a Windows desktop

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4 -- BaseShield (http://baseshield.com/) announced today the launch of the BaseShield App store. BaseShield provides consumers with the ability to safely obtain third-party software from the internet. Many of the programs used today require complicated and tedious download and installation procedures. With BaseShield applications can be found, installed and launched with a single click. BaseShield provides a safe bubble in which to install and run potentially harmful software, making virus and malware scanners a thing of past. BaseShield takes the risk out of trying out new third-party software. A live Demo of the product can be found at http://baseshield.com/demo. BaseShield is available for download today at http://baseshield.com/.

"We are really excited that we are bringing customers the opportunity to access great applications," said Sascha Kuzins, Co-Founder of BaseShield. "There is great software out there and we have been looking for an easy way for consumers to feel like it's safe and easy and we have nailed it.

BaseShield invites developers of third-party software to participate in placing their applications in the BayShield App Store. Using the BaseShield App Store for software distribution means developers can rely on the store's infrastructure for installation, automatic updates and payments. Adding third-party software to BaseShield increases its exposure due to its built-in security which lowers the barriers for users to try an application. Developer response to the private beta was positive. The first of these was Loudtalks, a popular push-to-talk VOIP app. Developers liked that BaseShield works with any standard Windows software, so there's no need to recode, or port any app already working in the Windows environment.

BaseShield works by placing a virtualization layer, or "sandbox", on the computer in which it runs third-party applications. This "sandbox" means that BaseShield gives applications access to only the parts of the computer they need to operate. Text editors can only access text files. Image editors can only access images. The applications are able to use your computers full capability, including graphics cards since they run locally within the virtualization layer. BaseShield allows the operating system to remain in a pristine state and insulates it from software installs that can modify system files and/or the registry. This extra layer adds security and simplicity to the process of adding and removing software to your PC.

  The top ten current apps within BaseShield are:

  Neverball (open-source version of Super Monkey Ball)
  Inkscape (open-source version of Adobe Illustrator)
  AbiWord (word processor)
  Celestia ("like Google Earth for the universe")
  Frets On Fire (Guitar Hero clone).
  Mozilla Sunbird (calendar application)
  Armagetron advanced (a Tron clone in 3D)
  Audacity (audio editing software)
  PokerTH  (poker game)
  X-moto   (motorcycle game).

  About BaseShield

Baseshield based in San Francisco and was founded by Sascha Kuzins and Patrick Swieskowski. The company is backed by Y Combinator and a number of angel investors. Before founding BaseShield, Sascha Kuzins worked on programming languages at the Oxford University computing lab. He has an MSc in Computer Science from Oxford. Patrick Swieskowski graduated from Harvard with an A.B. in Computer Science. While there, he was a teaching fellow for operating systems.