Most of the people don't realise that browser extensions might be dangerous .But why they download & installing it?.May be they are too lazy to download and install a software with the same functions as the extension, or it may save some time or it is a faster way to explore lots of features in a short time.After installation, the malicious extension can gain complete control of the victim’s profile and may have access to your data.By installing these extensions, you give your browser additional functionality unknowingly . So don’t install an app or extension unless you trust its creator.
ExtShield (formerly Chrome Protector)tells you that you need to download Google Chrome in order to run it. It keeps a more than 100s of blacklisted browser extensions known to contain adware, spyware or malware.It will scan your browser and alert you if any of these are installed.
ExtShield extension is a freeware available at Chrome webstore. Once installed, you can access the shield located at the right hand top corner of your webpage to know the status about your other installed extensions.
✔ Stops over 100 adware, spyware or malware extensions that are currently available in chrome web store and used by millions
✔ Monitors extensions and websites behavior to detect malicious patterns
✔ Shield code is protected to avoid bypassing by malware creators
Firefox 4 comes with improved web standards like HTML5, CSS3 and WebGL. In addition to that it has features like built-in Sync, restartless add-ons, web graphics compatibility and workspace management with Panorama
Features
- Tabs now appear at the top of the URL bar.
- Synchronize passwords, bookmarks, and settings among all your computers running Firefox.
- Group tabs by category and open them all at once.
- New interface for managing your add-ons and extensions.
- Faster start up time and graphics.
Many of you are using Internet Explorer or FireFox or Opera or Google Chrome.But there is no browser available that supports Indian languages. Now you can experience a browser named Epic, which is developed by a Bangalore based firm named Hidden Reflex with 12 Indian Languages.
This India customized web browser is powered by Mozilla and claimed to be the 1st browser with anti-virus. It scans your downloads automatically .The built in antivirus and antispyware is powered by ESET.User will be warned when he visits any website containing malwares. It has integrated Flash cookie deletion system.
The side bar of the browser has numerous widgets such as skins, maps, jobs, news, gmail, yahoo, games and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Orkut also there .Some other useful features includes free word processor, to do tool, snippet app and timer.From the browser itself you can access your files and folder.
Features
- Built in Antivirus
- Malicious Website warnings
- Anti-Phishing Protection
- Available 12 different Indian languages
- One-Click Private Data Deletion
- One-Click Private Browsing
- In the sidebar you can edit text, read news, view videos and pictures
- It has more than 1500 themes based on India and Indian wallpapers
12 different Indian languages includes Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Urdu and Punjabi.
Home Page :http://www.epicbrowser.com/ |Download :Epic Browser | Freeware | 10.6MB
Google Chrome released its new version with the integration of Adobe Flash into the open source browser.It combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier.The obvious advantages sought involve seamless rendering and scripting, but also increased security and stability. Use one box for everything--type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and Web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites let you access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Desktop shortcuts allow you to launch your favorite Web apps straight from your desktop.
Features
- An address bar that served for everything: web search, web history, writing tips
- Tabs interactive, with all the information you need at the time of opening one of them: most visited sites, most used search engines, recent closed tabs
- Ability to create shortcuts to your favorite web applications, so that you can start without opening your browser.
- Ability to handle the tabs to your liking: move them, group them, create new windows from the browser tabs, etc.
- Addition of an "Incognito mode" to browse without being stored in the history of pages you visit.
- Safe Browsing that lets you know when you go to visit suspected phishing scam sites.
- Generation of markers at once with a single click.
- Controls the entire process of your downloads without having to install any other software.
- It matters if you want your bookmarks, your browsing history or your passwords
Download Google Chrome 5.0.375.3
Google has released its "stable" version of Chrome 4.0.This new version is available only for Windows.Some of the changes are bookmark synchronization , faster JavaScript engine ,improved support for new HTML 5 tags and bug fixes from previous versions . There is no changes in external appearance and position of controls and setting.Faster page loading and improved rendering of script intensive pages is other noticeable features.
Features
- Extensions
- Bookmark sync
3. Enhanced developer tools
4. HTML5: Notifications, Web Database, Local Storage, WebSockets, Ruby support
5. v8 performance improvements
6. Skia performance improvements
7. HTTP byte range support
8. New security feature: "Strict Transport Security" support
9. Experimental new anti-reflected-XSS feature called "XSS Auditor."
Google Chrome 4.0.249.78 Stable ver Download or here | OS:Windows 7, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows XP|You can find extensions for Google Chrome in extension gallery
As the browser war is in full swing ,ie Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and the latest Opera 10 , many of us are using more than one browser.I run three browsers on my computer.How many web browsers do you run on your computer?
Even though you have multiple browsers, Windows allow you to keep only one as default.When you try to open a web page saved on your hard disk or click a URL on a PDF file the page will always open in the browser you have assigned as default.So it is hard for you to decide on which browser that you’re going to put as default browser.
Browser Chooser is a tiny tool acting as the default browser gives you the flexibility of choosing what browser to open the link in. It allows you to choose what browser to use for any given task. It is developed in VB.Net and geared towards Windows Vista and Windows 7.
You have to add all browsers you would like the ballot screen to show , manually first. You cannot add more than 4 browsers to the ballot screen.
After adding all browsers, click on the “Miscellaneous” tab and then click the “Make default browser” button to add the default browser. So when you click on a URL this will giving you the flexibility of choosing whichever browser you want to use for the session.
Many of us have multiple browsers.There are plenty of tools available in net that let you backup your browser settings for each browsers.But it is convenient if you have a single tool that can backup your profile and settings for multiple browsers instead of using many different programs.FavBackup is a simple solution for this to backup and restore web browser settings and other data on Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 systems. No installation required.The software handles backing up Google Chrome(1-3), Internet Explorer(6-8), Firefox(2-3.5), Safari(3-4), and Opera(9).
With this tool you overcome the most annoying things about switching computers: ie to set up browser preferences all over again.You can choose between backing up and restoring data, and also select the browser you'll be working with.
It can handle your browser history, bookmarks, cookies, preferences, and other data.And it's both a free and portable application, which means you can run the executable utility from a USB flash drive.
Cleeki can capture keyword(s) anywhere on a screen with as simple as one click, search it on the Internet, and preview the results immediately. Cleeki searches multiple websites 
AdSweep is a small addon that aims to hide advertising from the web pages you visit like
Google Chrome Backup is a small tool to create, backup, restore and manage Google Chrome profiles. The profile holds personal data like history, bookmarks, etc. Everything is done with one click .Download
ChromePass is a small password recovery tool that allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by Google Chrome Web browser.Simply install this add-on plugin and retrieve all the details.
PageRank Checker:Page Rank and Alexa Rank are two popular ranking systems available to check the popularity,authority etc.of any site on the internet. Now you can check Page Rank and Alexa Rank on your chrome browser by simply installing a chrome plugin..Download
ChromeMailer We can’t send mails through Google Mail by clicking on mailto: links, but chrome mailer plugin solves this problem in Google Chrome.Download
Need more? check here
http://www.googlechromeplugins.com/ | http://www.chromeplugins.org/
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KidZui is a free Web browser, search engine and online playground for kids 3-12.It is a graphical Web browser designed just for kids with access kid-friendly Web sites, pictures, and videos.It eliminates the need for parents to constantly watch over their kids' shoulder, when they are online.
Parents know what their kids are doing online and they can connect by sharing content.Parental registration is required before your child can create an online identity. KidZui sends a weekly email that tells you what your kids are doing online. The KidZui parent account lets you share content and set limits.. Kids can customize their avatars to a limited degree in the free version, with more options available via upgrading. Free KidZui is fully functional, but the paid upgrade offers more.
It has excellent attractive interface for kids, restricts browsing to only approved sites from not only you but an expert panel, Kids can't break out, lets kids share and tag sites, photos, videos without divulging any personal information, encourages one to use..
Firefox Add-on |Download KidZui for Windows | Freeware | 2.95MB
There are millions of poisoned web pages out there.How to browse safely there?AVG has
AVG LinkScanner has a two-fold approach to your safety online ;Search-Shield scans search results and places a safety rating next to each link, so you know where it’s safe to click.Active Surf-Shield scans the page behind any link you click on or any web address you type into your browser. If the page is poisoned, it stops you from opening it.
After the installation of AVG.LinkScanner, it will show green flag and red flag indicators with each links. Red indicator flag brings something dangerous or harmful, other hand, Green flag brings good for you. The user can select to go back or continue to the website in question.In every search results it will confirm you and show you the scanned reports on basis of your clicks on icons.
LinkScanner also offers two "slow down" warnings. The first is yellow with one exclamation point in it, while the second is orange and has two exclamation points. A link at the bottom of the pop-up takes you to the AVG product comparison page.
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Futuremark Corporation unveiled Peacekeeper, a free online benchmarking tool for measuring and comparing the performance of common internet browsers. With Peacekeeper it’s quick and easy to compare different browsers to find out which one offers the best performance on your PC.
The benchmark runs directly in your browser.For users who prioritize speed and performance, Peacekeeper helps answer the question of which browser is best for them.
Mozilla Firefox - faster, more secure, easier to use and sporting a new look, this latest Firefox release sets a new standard for web browser innovation. Mozilla Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the tabbed browsing and the ability to block pop-up windows.
Mozilla Firefox 3 is focused on improved memory handling, performance, and stability, improved XUL, and new core components such as application data stored in SQLite. Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 34 months. This new platform includes more than 15,000 changes to improve performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability. Firefox 3 is been built on top of this new platform resulting in a more secure, easier to use, more personal product with a lot more under the hood to offer website and Firefox add-on developers.
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Do you want to run run multiple versions of Internet Explorer or Firefox?Or run all browsers together to test the new design of your website?
All you need is Xenocode - it’s an awesome platform that helps you run any web browser on your computer without installation. Just download an executable from the Xenocode website and this allows all popular Windows browsers to be run simultaneously, directly from the web. Web designers, system administrators, and other users can now evaluate Internet Explorer 8, 7, and 6, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera, and Google Chrome directly from the web in a risk-free manner. Unlike traditional software applications, Xenocode WebApps do not require any software to be installed and allow multiple application versions to run side-by-side on any version of Windows.
Unlike hardware virtualization solutions such as VMware and Virtual PC, which emulate the underlying hardware and therefore require an entire copy of the host operating system, Xenocode OS virtualization technology emulates operating system features required for application execution.Xenocode requires no setup, configuration, clients, or device drivers, insulates applications against conflicts, and runs existing applications seamlessly on Windows Vista and locked-down desktops.It delivers your applications instantly, anywhere — to your web page, intranet, portable storage devices.
By using Xenocode, users can:
- Run legacy applications without errors or UAC prompts on Windows Vista and locked-down desktops.
- Use otherwise incompatible applications side-by-side, or multiple versions of a given application, such as Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, simultaneously.
- Carry applications on portable USB keys, available for instant execution on laptops or kiosks along with all user data and settings.
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Google Chrome one of the recent most successful launch and it has created a history on the launching day.Here is a good news for the people who stores all the respective softwares in their USB Sticks and can be run directly from it.You can browse your favorite websites without any privacy worry because history and cookies will now be stored in flash memory stick itself. It requires no installation at all and will run in a single click of an executable file.
The portable Google browser weighs at a mere 11MB.To download, go to Carsten’s site (English). Portable Chrome is tested on Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1 machines.
No installation is needed all you need to do is unzip the files and copy them to your USB drive and you have a portable version of Google Chrome, that works exactly like the desktop version.
Many of us use the same web browser across multiple computers,and also more than one browser in a single PC .Synchronising different bookmarks across your computers is another problem entirely. You can’t synchronise your Firefox and Safari bookmarks, automatically.
Transmute is a freeware bookmark conversion utility will help you to try out different web browsers, synchronize bookmarks between systems, organize bookmarks, convert bookmarks for use in bookmark managers, share bookmarks with others .
It is easy to use ,flexible , safe and freeware .
SysReq:Windows| Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 or higher |Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera, Safari, Chromium, Flock | 1.37MB |Ver 1.09 | Release Date :09-01-2009
Microsoft has finally released the first release candidate-IE8 RC1 Build 8.0.6001- for Internet Explorer 8 promising to make the Internet experience faster, secure, compatibility enhancements,Private tweaks and more compliant with web standards.
The new version brings enhancements in private browsing, accessibility, overall reliability and speed. RC1 reaches a significant development milestone towards a browser that can compete on closer footing with Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera in terms of features. However, web standards support (especially CSS 3) and performance are still far behind the competition.
Features
- Tabbed Browsing-option to re-open accidentally closed tabs.
- Security-introduction of the Clickjacking feature.
- InPrivate-Microsoft had debuted the InPrivate mode for anonymous browsing
- Phishing Filter-IE8 integrates its own Phishing filter called the SmartScreen.
- Import/Export settings-added to import favorites from Firefox and Safari
IE8 has also taken a page from Chrome's playbook and now opens a separate process for every tab. This means that IE8 won't crash outright just because of problems with one tab.
Internet Explorer 8 RC1 can only be installed on Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server.
One feature Internet Explorer still lacks is a download manager—a feature you'll find in every other browser.
Read:Windows Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 release notes
