Recommended Website: BrowserCheck.org
Qualys BrowserCheck is a cross-platform and cross-browser SaaS service that scans the user’s browser looking for vulnerabilities in the browser itself and its plug-ins. This tool will also help you fix the security issues discovered by the scan.
To give you an idea, I scanned my Firefox portable browser. Here are my results:
Browsercheck is easy and free to use, as long as it is for personal use only. Check it out at https://browsercheck.qualys.com
Things Everyone Should Know About Web Browsers
Web Browsers are among the most frequently used programs in the home or business environments. We use them to access websites, check our web-based e-mail, run applications for work, and so on. Since web browsers are frequently accessing the Internet, they are great targets for hackers who seek to discover and exploit any flaw in the browser that can be used to hijack the browser and spread viruses and malware, or gain access to computers for other purposes. On the other hand, it’s not always the browser that gets exploited; it’s us, the users.
Running Internet Explorer 6 dependent business applications in windows 7 or Internet Explorer 8 or 9
A big security issue that many businesses are forced to live with is having to use Internet Explorer 6.0 in order to run their business applications. The problem of course, is that Internet Explorer 6.0 has huge security issues. Unless the companies that write the browser-based business applications update their code to support current and more secure versions of Internet Explorer, businesses that have to use these applications either have to live with these major security risks, or they have to try and beef up their firewalls and network security to make up for the security flaws on Internet Explorer 6.0.
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