I want to hide my personal information and don't really want to be tracked from other websites and hackers on my business computer which is connected to cable, someone said firefox is very secure.. Anyone know anything about firefox? What else can i do to make my work P.C. more secure? I have customer information and credit card information there and want to keep it secure. Any help would be great..
How Safe Is Firefox What Is The Best For Security?
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Hackers don't care. Website tracking for ads and that will always be done because most of its done by the server automatically. Personal information? Easy, don't share it online and use a decent antivirus so anything on your computer hard drive doesn't find itself shoved online.
Get Firefox, get yourself addons like NoScript and Ghostery, it will cut out a lot of malicious software and block a number of tracking tools used by ad servers, but it may also break a lot of websites on you.
And make sure you use a decent antivirus and don't click weird e-mail attachments and you should be fine.
Get Firefox, get yourself addons like NoScript and Ghostery, it will cut out a lot of malicious software and block a number of tracking tools used by ad servers, but it may also break a lot of websites on you.
And make sure you use a decent antivirus and don't click weird e-mail attachments and you should be fine.
Firefox has a private browsing mode.
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In a Private Browsing window, Firefox won't keep any browser history, search history, download history, web form history, cookies, or temporary internet files. However, files you download and bookmarks you make will be kept.
Also make sure you aren't surfing the web from an account with admin privs.
Some BITOG'rs have recommended this in the past
http://www.sandboxie.com/
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In a Private Browsing window, Firefox won't keep any browser history, search history, download history, web form history, cookies, or temporary internet files. However, files you download and bookmarks you make will be kept.
Also make sure you aren't surfing the web from an account with admin privs.
Some BITOG'rs have recommended this in the past
http://www.sandboxie.com/
Originally Posted By: crazyoildude
What else can i do to make my work P.C. more secure?
Have a good firewall program. One of the best, ZoneAlarm, is free.
Install Malwarebytes and Spybot, too. Use them at least weekly and keep them updated.
What else can i do to make my work P.C. more secure?
Have a good firewall program. One of the best, ZoneAlarm, is free.
Install Malwarebytes and Spybot, too. Use them at least weekly and keep them updated.
I need to do the same. Thanks
But these free 'downloads'....
don't they contain some bad stuff in that download ?????
don't they contain some bad stuff in that download ?????
I like the Sandbox feature of Google Chrome. See the follwing YouTube video.
Link to Video
As far as Internet Security goes Comodo Internet Security Offers a lot of features.
Link to some info.
The free version works well.
Link to Video
As far as Internet Security goes Comodo Internet Security Offers a lot of features.
Link to some info.
The free version works well.
Firefox is great but it's not like it was 8-9 yrs ago. There is more parity between the various browsers now.
I recommend programs like Ccleaner and SuperAntispyware(free edition).
Originally Posted By: crazyoildude
I have customer information and credit card information there and want to keep it secure. Any help would be great..
Please consider storing the credit card info of your customers in an encrypted partition on your hard drive. All of the other recommendations made by users here will not protect you (or your customers' data) from theft of a physical hard drive.
I give my most sincere recommendation for achieving bulletproof partition encryption to a program called Truecrypt. You can get at Truecrypt.org
This is free open source software and when implemented correctly is impossible to crack, your drives can be stolen without any fear of data loss--well you will lose the data but no one else will have it either.
I recommend programs like Ccleaner and SuperAntispyware(free edition).
Originally Posted By: crazyoildude
I have customer information and credit card information there and want to keep it secure. Any help would be great..
Please consider storing the credit card info of your customers in an encrypted partition on your hard drive. All of the other recommendations made by users here will not protect you (or your customers' data) from theft of a physical hard drive.
I give my most sincere recommendation for achieving bulletproof partition encryption to a program called Truecrypt. You can get at Truecrypt.org
This is free open source software and when implemented correctly is impossible to crack, your drives can be stolen without any fear of data loss--well you will lose the data but no one else will have it either.
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
Firefox has a private browsing mode.
Quote:
In a Private Browsing window, Firefox won't keep any browser history, search history, download history, web form history, cookies, or temporary internet files. However, files you download and bookmarks you make will be kept.
Also make sure you aren't surfing the web from an account with admin privs.
Some BITOG'rs have recommended this in the past
http://www.sandboxie.com/
Nothing! beats sandboxie,period!
Using this with Adblock will keep ya safe.
Firefox has a private browsing mode.
Quote:
In a Private Browsing window, Firefox won't keep any browser history, search history, download history, web form history, cookies, or temporary internet files. However, files you download and bookmarks you make will be kept.
Also make sure you aren't surfing the web from an account with admin privs.
Some BITOG'rs have recommended this in the past
http://www.sandboxie.com/
Nothing! beats sandboxie,period!
It is, however, really annoying to use.
I tried Sandboxie too and like Comodo Internet Security and it's sandbox features much better.
The sandbox feature of Google Chrome is a + too.
The sandbox feature of Google Chrome is a + too.
Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
It is, however, really annoying to use.
Annoying?
Set it up,you dont even know it's any different then clicking on your regular browser. Sandboxie is so customizable to use,it's not even funny.
It is, however, really annoying to use.
Annoying?
Set it up,you dont even know it's any different then clicking on your regular browser. Sandboxie is so customizable to use,it's not even funny.
Any programs that are launched within the browser end up in the sandbox. I used Amazon's Music Downloader, then couldnt figure out why I couldnt find my music for about 20 minutes. Until I realized the downloader was running in the Sandbox and the Music folder wasnt configured for recovery.
After awhile it starts complaining that I should clean out the sandbox. So I do and lose all my history and new bookmarks made since I started using it. Gee, thanks, I needed I try to refind those sites.
After awhile it starts complaining that I should clean out the sandbox. So I do and lose all my history and new bookmarks made since I started using it. Gee, thanks, I needed I try to refind those sites.
Originally Posted By: crazyoildude
I want to hide my personal information and don't really want to be tracked from other websites and hackers on my business computer which is connected to cable, someone said firefox is very secure.. Anyone know anything about firefox? What else can i do to make my work P.C. more secure? I have customer information and credit card information there and want to keep it secure. Any help would be great..
One option to consider would be to create a new user account on that computer with limited access such that you can't access sensitive information from that account. Use only that account when using a web browser.
I want to hide my personal information and don't really want to be tracked from other websites and hackers on my business computer which is connected to cable, someone said firefox is very secure.. Anyone know anything about firefox? What else can i do to make my work P.C. more secure? I have customer information and credit card information there and want to keep it secure. Any help would be great..
One option to consider would be to create a new user account on that computer with limited access such that you can't access sensitive information from that account. Use only that account when using a web browser.
Firefox has an extension called Better Privacy. It clears flash cookies which are the private cookies that often don't cleared out by normal clearing of cookies. It was easy to download from FF and easy to install.
Here's an example of a flash cookie. You do some internet research on the latest Chevy truck, then clear out the temp files, cookies, etc and now are browsing on different types of oils. Suddenly you get a popup for the latest Ford F-150. Well, the flash cookie left out there showed you had an interest in new trucks and bingo you're now getting popups for Ford, Ram, etc. Flash cookies are nasty and leave a trail of what you've browsed so that's why I use FF Better Privacy...
Here's an example of a flash cookie. You do some internet research on the latest Chevy truck, then clear out the temp files, cookies, etc and now are browsing on different types of oils. Suddenly you get a popup for the latest Ford F-150. Well, the flash cookie left out there showed you had an interest in new trucks and bingo you're now getting popups for Ford, Ram, etc. Flash cookies are nasty and leave a trail of what you've browsed so that's why I use FF Better Privacy...
If you want to be safe, you can use several Chrome or Firefox extensions like "HTTPS Anywhere", "NoScript", "AdBlock Plus", etc.
If you want to be free from tracking, both Chrome and Firefox allow you to open "incognito" or "private" windows where NO cookies are stored and no history is kept.
If you'd like to be safe, free and peaceful of mind, you could always use Firefox or Chrome under Ubuntu instead of Windows.
If you want to be anonymous entirely, use Tor. It is a pre-configured Firefox bundled with a piece of software that communications encrypted traffic, bouncing all over the world, making it essentially impossible for anyone to know who or what you are. It is painfully slow at times, and it is meant for people in danger from the powers-that-be to be able to communicate with the outside world; so it's not something you want to tax too heavily with your surfing. But it'll keep you absolutely anonymous. Heck, Anonymous themselves use Tor to communicate with each other!
If you want to be free from tracking, both Chrome and Firefox allow you to open "incognito" or "private" windows where NO cookies are stored and no history is kept.
If you'd like to be safe, free and peaceful of mind, you could always use Firefox or Chrome under Ubuntu instead of Windows.
If you want to be anonymous entirely, use Tor. It is a pre-configured Firefox bundled with a piece of software that communications encrypted traffic, bouncing all over the world, making it essentially impossible for anyone to know who or what you are. It is painfully slow at times, and it is meant for people in danger from the powers-that-be to be able to communicate with the outside world; so it's not something you want to tax too heavily with your surfing. But it'll keep you absolutely anonymous. Heck, Anonymous themselves use Tor to communicate with each other!
Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
Any programs that are launched within the browser end up in the sandbox. I used Amazon's Music Downloader, then couldnt figure out why I couldnt find my music for about 20 minutes. Until I realized the downloader was running in the Sandbox and the Music folder wasnt configured for recovery.
After awhile it starts complaining that I should clean out the sandbox. So I do and lose all my history and new bookmarks made since I started using it. Gee, thanks, I needed I try to refind those sites.
You can set Sandboxie up to save all browsing history and on some programs, you do have to work with it. But once you get the hang of it, it's fairly easy.
Once you get it set up, there is no need at all to have any other security software. It makes a computer so much faster and user friendly not having to deal with anti this and anti that software.
Any programs that are launched within the browser end up in the sandbox. I used Amazon's Music Downloader, then couldnt figure out why I couldnt find my music for about 20 minutes. Until I realized the downloader was running in the Sandbox and the Music folder wasnt configured for recovery.
After awhile it starts complaining that I should clean out the sandbox. So I do and lose all my history and new bookmarks made since I started using it. Gee, thanks, I needed I try to refind those sites.
You can set Sandboxie up to save all browsing history and on some programs, you do have to work with it. But once you get the hang of it, it's fairly easy.
Once you get it set up, there is no need at all to have any other security software. It makes a computer so much faster and user friendly not having to deal with anti this and anti that software.
Originally Posted By: Drew99GT
Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
Any programs that are launched within the browser end up in the sandbox. I used Amazon's Music Downloader, then couldnt figure out why I couldnt find my music for about 20 minutes. Until I realized the downloader was running in the Sandbox and the Music folder wasnt configured for recovery.
After awhile it starts complaining that I should clean out the sandbox. So I do and lose all my history and new bookmarks made since I started using it. Gee, thanks, I needed I try to refind those sites.
You can set Sandboxie up to save all browsing history and on some programs, you do have to work with it. But once you get the hang of it, it's fairly easy.
Once you get it set up, there is no need at all to have any other security software. It makes a computer so much faster and user friendly not having to deal with anti this and anti that software.
Sandboxie
Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
Any programs that are launched within the browser end up in the sandbox. I used Amazon's Music Downloader, then couldnt figure out why I couldnt find my music for about 20 minutes. Until I realized the downloader was running in the Sandbox and the Music folder wasnt configured for recovery.
After awhile it starts complaining that I should clean out the sandbox. So I do and lose all my history and new bookmarks made since I started using it. Gee, thanks, I needed I try to refind those sites.
You can set Sandboxie up to save all browsing history and on some programs, you do have to work with it. But once you get the hang of it, it's fairly easy.
Once you get it set up, there is no need at all to have any other security software. It makes a computer so much faster and user friendly not having to deal with anti this and anti that software.
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