Opera has never worked well for me, however..... i do believe it to be the 'safest', but its just not for me.
I fill the same as C.J.S opera is a little safer. I just never had any luck with it for now I use FF and fill very secure with it after some add~ons.
Firefox + NoScript in a policy-based sandbox and ISR-environment + a locked data partition gives me the illusion, I surf safely.
Kind of late to this thread but how do you get No Script for K-Meleon? I vote for K-meleon by the way
It doesn't make me any wiser, but thanks anyway. Must be something English, I don't catch. I guess it's the same as smoking marihuana, while I'm surfing on the net, which would me make feel safe too, because I don't care anymore.
I have no idea which is the safest browser. I use Firefox + NoScript + AdBlockPlus with lowered rights and throw it in a Sandbox.
Latest Opera used was 9.10 that was filling up with trojans all the time.Then i switched to Firefox and was much better much better.If im not wrong Opera 9.23 contained also a adware/spyware or such. But with Sandboxie should be no prob.
I chose OTHER... The browser is only as safe as the user is! IE can be super safe provided the user knows what they are doing...... Firefox can be very unsafe if someone who doesnt know anything doesnt configure it right,etc........ The browsers are as good as thier users
I wonder where you downloaded that one. Nor 9.10 or 9.23 contain adware/spyware. Indeed, good protection and not only for browsers. For me that's Opera 9, followed closely by Firefox.
Opera performed better than the ones when I tried/tested them by visiting the 'Darkest side of the Net' (i.e. heavily infected Russian, Chinese, XXX sites etc.) The rest Browsers: Crashed or Frozen. Like many users, I used to believe that NoScript, AdBlock/Plus etc. make Firefox the Safest browser. After what I experienced/tested, I no longer believe that.
Opera here since 1997 and have been safe ever since. Opera has never contained any adware or spyware and in Secunia ratings, its always at the top.
With the possible exception of Lynx, which very few would want, there is no safe browser. There's varying degrees of unsafe. The more content a browser handles (java, JS, ActiveX, Flash, media files, PDFs, etc), the less secure it is. Integrating applications for these formats into the browser increases its potential attack surface. The actual vulnerability may be in one of those formats, such as a flash exploit, but when the exploit is run within the browser, it becomes a browser security problem. By the same token, the more integrated the browser is with the operating system and other applications, the more unsafe it becomes to that system. When the browser is literally part of the operating system, such as with IE6, browser vulnerabilities become OS attack surfaces. When other applications can launch the browser, their vulnerabilities become browser security problems. A malicious PDF or media file can launch your browser and direct it to a malicious site where the latest unpatched vulnerability can be exploited. The more isolated the browser is from the OS, the less likely it is that a browser exploit can be used to compromise the entire system. Applications that handle internet content and files from outside sources should be as isolated from the OS and each other as possible. Yes, it's more convenient to read that PDF in the browser window. It's safer to save it to file, then open in a freestanding PDF reader that doesn't have permission to launch other applications and is not integrated into the OS. Convenience and security are contrary to each other. Having Internet Explorer and WMP integrated into the OS, sharing components, and launching or utilizing each other makes things easy but it also makes them easy to attack. It also makes a weakness in any one of them a problem for all of them. Each user has to decide for themselves where that point is when convenience is more important than security. As for the browser itself, the most secure browser is not part of the OS and is not allowed to launch other applications. This is especially true for those who use HIPS. The more integrated your system, the less HIPS can effectively defend it against code that exploits allowed processes. The safest browser can't open potentially dangerous content or formats like ActiveX or Java or at least requires the users permission to do so. All browsers can be made much safer by filtering the web content before it reaches it. Proxomitron excels here, and unlike extensions like NoScript and FlashBlock, works with all browsers, filtering out the content before it reaches the browser. IMO, the poll isn't asking the right questions. It should ask, "what are the best ways to protect the browser from malicious code" and "what are the best ways to protect your OS from the browser and other apps that can potentially open malicious code?"
Any browser on someone else's machine Yeah, my vote goes for the ancient Lynx. No Java, ActiveX, etc. A text only browser.
