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Source: InfoWorld - Posted by Alex
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Looking for a magic bullet against malware? You won't find it in a Web browser, though even the least secure browser is probably safer than most users' computing practices. I recently spent several months security testing the five most popular Web browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari. Although I work full-time for Microsoft, I've been using nearly a dozen browsers in my personal life for many years.
I've always been a big fan of Konqueror for KDE versions of Linux, and Netscape and Mozilla during their heydays. Lynx is a great browser for safely troubleshooting known malware sites and has appeared in many of my columns. And one of my new personal favorites is Maxthon, for its ability to allow individual file downloads of embedded video content.
InfoWorld has been releasing individual browser reviews all this week (see Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari), and the main story, along with several technology sidebars, will be released soon.
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