The most SECURE browser?

jimbo45 said:

Hi there.

if you need a secure browser there's only one type -- use an old fashioned paper ENCYCLOPAEDIA. No spyware etc -- just takes a bit longer to use of course and all the links aren't always available. 100% safe though. !!!

Using the Internet always carries a certain amount of risk -- just have a clean backup image that you can restore if you feel your system isn't working properly or has got some ad/trial/spy or other rubbish ware installed somehow. I don't like things like registry cleaners / system scanners etc.

Cheers
jimbo

UsernameIssues said:

jimbo45 said:

Hi there.

if you need a secure browser there's only one type -- use an old fashioned paper ENCYCLOPAEDIA. No spyware etc -- just takes a bit longer to use of course and all the links aren't always available. 100% safe though. !!!
~~~

No way.
You could get an infection from a paper cut
...or drop a book on your toes
...or the shelf could fall on you.

Haha. I'd rather get an internet infection and learn how to fight it off. Helps my digitized immune system learn and adapt to new threats

Here is what i sent to Whitehat Aviator:

I receive an error concerning a .DLL file (Not sure of th exact .DLL as i do not have my computer on front of me), however, Aviator still seems to function properly. I installed this on two freshly installed Windows 7 machines. I installed Aviator before the Windows updates. I thought Aviator might have some type of dependencies on Chrome so when I did a fresh Win7 install on my machine installed Chrome first and still received the error. Also, i installed Aviator before installing updates of any kind from windows 7 which this disc has SP1 integrated in to it.

Please help..

This is the response that i received back:

Hi,

The missing “msvcp100.dll” file problem is fixed by downloading this package from Microsoft: Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) from Official Microsoft Download Center . After installing that it should contain the missing file and Aviator should work. I don’t think it’s presence is contingent on Chrome, but rather Microsoft security updates.

Hope this helps!

Okay so I've installed it on Windows no problem. The only problem was a separate install on a VM but it still worked. I make regular system image backups - at least one every week.

I think I'll keep it around for a few months to see how it goes.

It's set to check for updates every 5 hours via Task Scheduler. I changed that to check for updates every 7 days.

UsernameIssues said:

The link in post #61 is to VC++ 64bit and that did not fix the issue.

The problem is, the user should not need to go thru those steps. The installer should check for prerequisites and offer to install them. Also, the installer should have a clearer message about Aviator already being installed. The current wording seems rather flawed.

That would be the logical approach!

aviator://settings/NetworkPortConnection





Possibly needs to be enabled on a temporary basis when needed.

Just to add a little more safety:

@ exitPr0gram

Hi. This add on works for me:

User Agent Switcher for Chrome

However some SF features won't work if set to a non default browser.

Just click the icon to set user agent or right click for other options.

For UsernameIssues - the fix in Post #77 seems to enable bookmarking of any Windows Directory, File or Folder!