Lab Rats - #110 - Browser Security

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#110 / February 25, 2008 / 18:43 min.

Browser Security

Andy and Sean explore which browser to use for best system security.
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- Web browser: an application that allows users to display pages from the World Wide Web or your local area network.

- ActiveX: is a active object language that was created by Microsoft.

- Drive-by download: any download that occurs without the user's knowledge.

- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7: developed by Microsoft and is available as a free download at http://www.microsoft.com/ie. Also, in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Windows Vista edition only, Microsoft developed a new security technology called "Protected-Mode". "Protected-Mode" will sometimes stop the ActiveX language too.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Protected Mode


- Netscape

- Mozilla: developed Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Bugzilla, Camino, Sunbird, and Minimo. These free open source applications can be download from http://www.mozilla.com/.

Mozilla Firefox 2


- Opera: developed by the Opera Software Company. It can be downloaded from http://www.opera.com/.

Opera 9


- W3: stands for World Wide Web Consortium, a organization that creates international World Wide Web standards.

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