Private browsers are aim to enhance the user experience of browsing. It has the following common features. The URL’s visited would not be recorded in the browsers history. Cookies would not be saved during the private sessions and all cookies would be treated as session cookies. All ...

Private browsing in browsers is a new trend where the browser dont keep and traces of cookies and history. Currently safari IE and Firefox are offering. This kind of browsers version have a specific target users. If you’re feeling adventurous, you can try the latest Firefox 3.1 build which finally has ...

Microsoft had released the fifth volume of its Security Intelligence Report, providing insight into the security and privacy threat landscape in the January – June 2008 period. The statistics revealed that in the first half of the year, the total amount of malware and potentially unwanted software removed ...

clickjacking lets hackers and scammers hide malicious stuff under the cover of the content on a legitimate site. You know what happens when a car-jacker takes a car? Well, click-jacking is like that, except that click is the car. Clickjacking trace back to 1990 and now it is being used ...

Think of cookies as a token-pass. Every time you visit a website, you’re issued with a token so that your computer knows you’ve been there before. They’re quite useful because they store some basic information that helps to speed things up when browsing the Internet. However, some websites like to ...

Each web browser is different, so you may have to look around. For example, in Internet Explorer, you can find them by clicking Tools on your menu bar, selecting Internet Options..., choosing the Security tab, and clicking the Custom Level... button. However, in Mozilla, you click Edit on the ...

To increase functionality or add design embellishments, web sites often rely on scripts that execute programs within the web browser. This active content can be used to create "splash pages" or options like drop-down menus. Unfortunately, these scripts are often a way for attackers to download or execute malicious ...

Are you sharing your computer with colleagues, family, or co-habitants? Do you surf with Opera on publically accessible computers? This page holds some tips for maintaining privacy within the same computer and user account. Shared Computer First of all, when installing Opera on a multi-user Windows computer, make sure to opt for ...