Safe And Secure

Firefox with Finjan Secure Browsing. Automatically scan a website, before you enter.

If you can reach this post, you might be using Firefox as your browser. It is no doubt, that Firefox give you a new browsing experience - faster, safer, convenient. And perhaps more fun.

You can change the look of your browser using by selecting different colorful themes. Subscribe to your favorite blog/rss feed by adding certain extension. Download multiple files using DownloadThenAll!. Download your favorite Youtube video using Unplug.

As the internet threat on the rise, perhaps it is better for us to look for extension that can avoid malicious software and websites. Actually, there are lots of such extension. Some of you might already try McAffee Site Advisor toolbar. Another famous extension is No Script. However, this time, I’ll expose something different.

Finjan Secure Browsing is perhaps a better alternative than McAffe Site Advisor. For one thing, this extension doesn’t create a new toolbar in your browser - I already install Google Toolbar. Having more than one toolbar is a bit mess to your browser. This extension will scan all websites/links that appears in search engine result. So, before you click in, you’ll recognize, which one is bad, an avoid it. This is different from McAffee Site Advisor. Site Advisor will detect malicious/bad websites according users review on that site. To download this extension, log on to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4892 .

Another one is Dr Web anti-virus link checker. This extension allows you to check any link or files before clicking or downloading any file. This is not a complete anti-virus protection - it is the additional to your anti-virus protection. Log on to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/938 to download this extension. Install, then restart your Firefox browser. Right-click on any link and a new option - scan with Dr Web will appear. You’ll find this extension useful. Before initiating any download, scan with Dr Web first.

If you’re using NOD32 anti-virus, or maybe Lavasoft Ad-Aware, you might want to add SafeDownload. It will prevent from threats of any downloaded files. Just after the download completed, this extension will automatically run and scan your downloads, using any anti-virus that is installed in your PC. However, it works well if you’re using NOD32 anti-virus. You need to configure the options, to make this extension works properly. To install this extension, simply log on to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3581 .

If you’re an active internet user, your browser would be the main source for virus, trojan and spyware. You should equip it with any of these add-ons to counter these threats.

List of unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer.

Each and every time your surf the internet, your computer will be exposed to danger. Spyware, malware, virus are everywhere around the internet. Without proper attention, you’ll be easily fall into trap of these parasites.

 

So, how to guard your computer when you’re online? One simple advice; guard any application that connects to the internet. The one that you use most is - your browser, of course.

 

Years ago, Internet Explorer could be a relevant browser for you. However, as more threats rise these days, this browser is being exploited by lots of malware, due to flaws in the security architecture of Internet Explorer. Just by surfing certain websites, using IE, is enough to get infected with spyware.

 

So far, these are some flaws reported in IE browser, that can be exploited by malware:

• Malware can display a fake URL in the address bar or to bypass certain security restrictions.

• Malicious websites exploits the weakness in IE, making it displays content from trusted sites. This will trick users.

• Irresponsible parties can exploit this browser to conduct spoofing attacks due to an unintended result of the IDN (International Domain Name) implementation in the HTTP Basic Authentication dialog.

• Malicious website can display a fake URL in the address bar or to bypass certain security restrictions.

• Can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. The vulnerability exist because pages that don’t specify a charset inherit the charset of the parent page.

• Malware can spoof the pop-up address bar. When that pop-up appears, you might see different page, with trusted URL. For example, in that pop-up, you might see a website about mp3 download, but the URL is google.com.

Example of spoof URL in pop-up. The URL shows microsoft.com, but the content is not from microsoft itself.

So, how to counter all spyware threat these days? Consider using a better and safer browser such as Firefox or Opera. Especially Firefox. It has lots of add-ons that can block any script, scan any websites, scan any downloads, online scan and more.

Ashampoo Anti-spyware 2.0 - Now even better

Today, 90% computers are infected with spyware. Without proper protection, these threats could mess up your PC. There are lots of excellent anti-spyware around. One of them is Ashampoo anti-spyware 2. This program has been improved from its previous version. It is also Vista ready. With about 760.000 parasite definitions Ashampoo Anti-spyWare 2 sets up clearly from its competitors and ensures for the fact that nothing more stands to your internet appearance. Just like the previous one, this program can be customized, with three different skins.

Some important features:

• Free spyware scan, removal and more for 30 days trial period. Registration required.
• Remove all type of malware from your computer : spyware, hijackers, tracking cookies, hidden dialers, worms, keyloggers, trojan Horses and rootkits.
• Your computer is well secured. Ashampoo will guard lots of important process and host : Internet Explorer BHO, auto start entries, Windows Hostfiles, Winsock’s LSP
• Scan and remove any malware in your registry, memory, system folders, and any folders on your drives.
• Rescue your computer by stopping spyware activities; certain tools are provided to terminate suspicious process, stop autorun programs.
• Ensure your privacy with internet cleaner tool and file wiper.

What do you think about this software? Download, try and leave a comment.