Test browser for Logjam, Freak, Poodle vulnerabilities

[Tookeri]

I highly recommend Sandboxie, free or paid. Firefox launched with Sandboxie, as a comparison to StripMyRights:


Plus in Sandboxie you can define what programs are allowed for outbound communications, are allowed to start in a sandbox, restrict access to folders etc

 

[Callender]

Yes that Sandboxie is good but I find it a little bothersome to use as I never actually see any real malware. I'm using layered security and VoodooShield effectiely sandboxes any browser anyway. I agree with you 100% though and would say that Sandboxie is worth having (for most users).

On another note: I am never able to rep you for some reason.



I've tried to rep you a few times over the last few months but that button is always missing. It does show up for other members!

 

[A Guy]

There is no Rep in News or Chillout You should be able to search by user name and find a post in another forum to Rep.

A Guy

 

[Callender]

No Rep?

There is no Rep in News or Chillout You should be able to search by user name and find a post in another forum to Rep.

A Guy

Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Alejandro85]

Also I'm aware that the only security patch that Opera 12.17 has received in a long time was the Heartbleed patch. For that reason I always run it under StripMyRights and it modifies the security token so that if any malware is encountered via the browser it only gets limited user rights instead of system wide priviledges - I use an account with admin rights. They say that malware usually obtains the same rights as the current user.

Why not simply run the critical program as a different user account? You can use the "run as another user" option to launch it (or build a proper shortcut) and the browser gets completely isolated from both admin rights and your entire user profile where your private data lies typically. The nice part is that this doesn't require any third party crapware, it's all using the capabilities built in into the OS!
Also applies to most other operating systems too. Actually this is what Android does under the hood

 

[Callender]

Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[andrew129260]

Also I'm aware that the only security patch that Opera 12.17 has received in a long time was the Heartbleed patch. For that reason I always run it under StripMyRights and it modifies the security token so that if any malware is encountered via the browser it only gets limited user rights instead of system wide priviledges - I use an account with admin rights. They say that malware usually obtains the same rights as the current user.

Why not simply run the critical program as a different user account? You can use the "run as another user" option to launch it (or build a proper shortcut) and the browser gets completely isolated from both admin rights and your entire user profile where your private data lies typically. The nice part is that this doesn't require any third party crapware, it's all using the capabilities built in into the OS!
Also applies to most other operating systems too. Actually this is what Android does under the hood

Excellent suggestion.

 

[groze]

Update information as of 6/11/2015

Opera 30.0.1835.59 Patched or Disabled
Palemoon 25.5.0 Patched or Disabled
Internet Explorer 11.0.9600.17843 Update Version 11.0.20 Patched or Disabled
Firefox 38.0.5 Not Patched or Not Disabled.
Google Chome Version 43.0.2357.124 m Not Patched or Not Disabled.
Chromium 64 Version 45.0.2430.0 (64-bit) Patched or Disabled
MaxThon V 4.4.5.3000 Not Patched or Not Disabled.
WaterFox 32.0.3 Not Patched or Not Disabled.