Which browser do you think is the safest? Would you consider IE 8 to be safe? Just curious.
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Probably something like IE 4.0 or Netscape Navigator 3. They're so old none of the current malware threats would work against it.
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The safest browser is probably Lynx. It protects you from scripts, flash, and everything else (except text). /sarcasm
It probably doesn't matter which one you use; I'm sure they all have exploits. As long as you're smart about what websites you go to, that's probably the best protection. I like to use click-to-flash, so you have to approve flash before it runs on a page, and I'm sure you can find similar plug-ins for other browsers. Beyond that, you could disable javascript and a ton of other things, but that makes it hard to use a lot of websites, so it's best reserved for tinfoil hat-wearing security experts.
Quick guide if you're really interested:
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/securing_browser/
It probably doesn't matter which one you use; I'm sure they all have exploits. As long as you're smart about what websites you go to, that's probably the best protection. I like to use click-to-flash, so you have to approve flash before it runs on a page, and I'm sure you can find similar plug-ins for other browsers. Beyond that, you could disable javascript and a ton of other things, but that makes it hard to use a lot of websites, so it's best reserved for tinfoil hat-wearing security experts.
Quick guide if you're really interested:
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/securing_browser/
Thank you. This was very helpful.
