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Thank you, Callender & A Guy. Two very good options. Will save me a lot of headache.
Thank you, Callender & A Guy. Two very good options. Will save me a lot of headache.
COMODO Browser is good. Honestly, it seems a lot like Whitehat Aviator but my main concern is the amount of system resources that the browser will use. I'm sure it wont use a lot since its based off Chrome/Chromium.
What browser are you using that doesn't have all those add-ons? Most browsers do not have extensions like "Zenmate' And "Adblock" or "Adblock Plus" built in...
I agree. You can't just get a browser and expect it to protect you from everything its just a preventative method to help filter out the bad stuff. Actually, i do not install Java (which has major security exploits) unless i absolutely have to in order to use/view something important.
Thanks again for this recommendation.
To this day it is the browser that i use and the support team replies extremely quick. Although, I think Chrome MUST be installed prior to installing Aviator. I did a buddies computer and he got an error every time he opened Aviator (At work so can't give an exact quote). It would still function, but with an error. I'm guessing Chrome not being installed beforehand must have something to do with it. Although, he had not installed any of the Windows updates (On a fresh install from an OLD pre-SP1 Windows disc)
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I hope my connection stays up long enough to answer but IE-11 has that and more built in. That's one of the reasons I'll never be convinced to veer away from MS IE. I've stuck with it and haven't had a problem with malware since going to Windows 7 and MSE. If folks would educate themselves on the options within IE and the built in options in Windows 7, the rest of the browsers would end up like Kaypro computers. The false sense of security offered by adding more software and testimony of the uninformed just prolongs the use of processor hogging software. But you can use whatever you want. :)What browser are you using that doesn't have all those add-ons? Most browsers do not have extensions like "Zenmate' And "Adblock" or "Adblock Plus" built in...
I appreciated your reply! If what you say is true then IE has moved up a couple points in my books
However, as i said i have chosen Whitehat Aviator, which is based off Chrome, as my main browser. It's main goal is security which is what this thread is about.
I have used IE before (Duh, it comes with Windows) but still had got the popups on sites, still found malware when running malwarebytes, etc.
This is why i've chosen Whitehat Aviator. It has its extensions and stuff.... But so does IE but if i'm not mistaken so does Internet Explorer only i think they call them "Add-ins" or something like that which provides the exact same "False sense of security" that you mentioned in your post.
Whitehat hasn't let me down although i haven't used it for long but it seems to do its thing well.. I can add the other extensions to it just fine (Zenmake, Disconnect, Adblock) for even more added protection. Call it what you will, but i don't think (those three) are a "False sense of security".
I wish there was some kind of "Benchmark Test" to compare browsers.
Also, i heard of some recent Internet Explorer 6 through 11 vulnerability here and i quote:
" Microsoft’s full security advisory goes into more detail, explaining that the vulnerability affects every version of the browser from Internet Explorer 6 through 11. FireEye says that most attacks are targeting IE9 through 11, which together account for more than 26 percent of the web browsers currently in use around the world. But when you add in IE versions 6 through 8, you’re talking about more like 56 percent. "
So i'm looking for something extremely effective yet unpopular and not well known.. Everyone knows about IE. It comes with Windows. So naturally it will be one of the most targeted browsers.
Besides... I'm not talking about "Settings" to secure my browser. Windows has "Settings" but is still more vulnerable than a Linux OS for the most part. I want a browser that is BUILT for security.
Settings have very little (if anything) to do with the exploits in a browser. Settings will not protect you from weak points in the program.
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Let me ask you something. How many entries do you have in your Host file? That will tell me how concerned you are about security. How many sites do you allow to use Flash? Are you using a 64-bit browser? Do you have enhanced security turned on? Do you have Windows Firewall turned on? How many entries have you put in the firewall?
Most answers to these questions will be; zero, all, don't know, what's that and who cares. Then they will complain that IE or Windows is unsafe. Yeah, right.
You are misinformed. Linux/Unix has more current vulnerabilities than Windows. You just don't hear about them.Besides... I'm not talking about "Settings" to secure my browser. Windows has "Settings" but is still more vulnerable than a Linux OS for the most part. I want a browser that is BUILT for security.
i just got home and i'm about to sleep so i'm not going to dig up those numbers... Thanks for the sarcasm towards the end of all that, though... but you are talking about configuring Windows and Firewalls. Not browsers.
Enhanced security in Internet Explorer will protect you from the threats i listed in the link within my previous post affecting IE 6-11 or whatever it versions was. Again, that's a setting. Furthermore, how many people do you think did not have that setting enabled and got infected?
To sum it up: Secure out of the box. Which IE is NOT. IE Might be good. But honestly, IE is not what i'm looking for. I'm familiar enough with it to know that I like other browsers because they have a better "feel".
I understand that people get comfortable with a browser and configuring it, etc., and not really want to change browsers, maybe go as far as to say that's the only one that should be used.. But my question was "The most SECURE browser." and i guess i should have clarified that i don't want to configure it and do all this research to do it right like you did at one point to secure your IE. Or maybe you have your MCSE or maybe all of this just comes natural to you. This is not the case for me. I am studying a bit to get there though (Just A+ so far, Network+, Security+, etc. afterwards)
No i do not use 64 bit browsers. The Aviator Browser (Which by the way is what this topic is about, Browsers) automatically blocks flash and asks you if you want to allow. When you want to allow, click, and your video or whatever it is starts like its nothing.
And i use COMODO Firewall and Zemana Anti-logger which, again, is unrelated to this thread. These things are not browsers.
I respect your opinion but i want something a browser that takes security in to consideration FIRST. Call me a script kiddy, but i want a program to do a certain thing and do it right, I don't want to know the entire genre of knowledge to configure it properly. When i get my certifications i'll configure it better than most out there, i'm sure.
Honestly, this type of question is almost like politics and religion in a way because the exploits for each browser change from day to day.
Show me some kind of benchmark vs Aviator. Quality of protection, Pros and Cons, etc., if your really trying to show me something that i don't already know about IE and if i'm convinced then I will be more than happy to switch to IE and configure it. Down side to that is every time i reformat or do a computer i need to do these configurations. On my main machine here at home, that's not a problem.
I guess that was a bad example.
Linux requires major knowledge and know-how in order to tighten it up. If you know what your doing on a Linux machine then i'm sure you could make the Windows OS look like a really dirty petri dish under a microscope.
Aviator is a young browser (first released to the public late in 2013) and we don't have much 3rd party info about how it stands up in the real world. I've not seen it at any "find the flaws" competition.
The Aviator browser (in my opinion) is meant to draw attention to the services offered by the parent company. After hours of reading their blogs, I would never do business with them. (But I'll keep an eye on their browser.) Their style/hype of communicating things is worse than Chicken Little's and Steve Gibson's.
I cannot seem to find any specs for the Aviator browser. Which versions of TLS does it support? Which TLS version is in use by default?
I do understand what you are saying re: "out of the box" vs. changing settings for a browser. The only security related thing that I've done to IE11 is turn on EPM. My OS level security/privacy measures don't rely on IE's settings. There are things that I do with IE that no other browser can do. If they could, I would use them more
Maybe someday, I can overlook the hype that WhiteHat Security has churned out and feel comfortable using Aviator for important stuff. Until then, IE11 (64bit) is for important stuff, Pale Moon (64bit) for the not so important stuff and Chrome (32bit) is at the bottom of the heap.
I dislike adding things to browsers. The OS HOSTS file and OpenDNS takes care of all my browsers. I have a VPN that handles all traffic for the OS (not just the browser traffic like Zenmate is limited to).
Let us know how Aviator works for you. It will help others decide if/when Aviator is ready for prime time. I've installed it a few times this year into a virtual machine. Each time, this came up:
Installing Aviator again (per the error message above) just results in a different error message and then the install aborts. Sigh.Code:--------------------------- patch.exe - System Error --------------------------- The program can't start because MSVCP100.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem. --------------------------- OK ---------------------------
I've also uninstalled Aviator from a couple of real computers... each time, it broke html links for the browsers that remained. But uninstalling Chrome does that too from time to time.
To my surprise, Aviator works on Mozy.com. Mozy requires (required?) 3rd party cookies that hold info for cross domain single sign on between salesforce.com and mozy.com. This makes me wonder what I read about Aviator preventing those types of cookies.
As far as using a 64bit browser:
ASLR adds to the browser's security, but there are ways around it :-(
During installation i've receive no errors whatsoever. Although i did get some kind of error I can't remember exactly what it was but the MSVCP100.DLL message you mentioned sounds familiar. This occurred when i reformatted a friends computer and put Aviator on it. Not sure what that's about... I thought it might have related to with Chrome not being installed prior (That a requirement? Idk...), or the butt-load of Windows Updates not being installed.
So two reputable contributors on this forums have recommended IE11. If i wanted MAXIMUM protection/privacy what settings would I need to configure within IE11? The only thing is that if something doesn't work, and i want it to, i have to disable a setting, go back and see if it works, etc. Basically trial and error. I hate that.
Aviator seems to be configured for security out of the box with minimal configuration, however, i am not closed minded and i am open to trying other more "Secure" browsers whether it be IE11 or BS2012
So the comment you made about 64-bit browsers... do they add security or are they less secure, overall?
I wish i could afford a subscription to a VPN service for my entire PC's traffic but i can only do the free ones at this point. I'm broke as a joke
And how would i test a browser's security if i wanted to compare one to another? Is there a site for that? I'd like to find one that actually attacks the browser with some of the latest known exploits so i can see which one comes out on top.
Thanks in advance.