Cocoon was created out of the belief that everyone should have access to the Web, have a right to online privacy, and that the act of browsing the Web should not expose their computer to malicious code.

With these as our guiding principles and the increase in hacking and malware that has occurred over the past months we knew we had to make Cocoon a free service that everyone could use. We are now proud to announce that Cocoon, as it is now, and with a few important improvements soon to come, will remain a free service.

So what are the important improvements? In the next week, in addition to malware blocking, Cocoon will introduce active virus scanning of everything you download.

We believe the key problem with both security and privacy online is the accessibility current browsers allow to your computer. Wether it’s cookies or executable code you should have control over what has access to your hard drive. The traditional anti-virus solution of dealing with viruses after after they’ve reached your computer is wrong. We want to stop them from ever getting at your data. So, the core concept behind Cocoon is to keep the Net at arms distance from your hard drive and your computer.

Please help us keep the web secure, private and virus-free, by telling your friends about Cocoon!