I have a big interest in browsers, as some of you might know, and I use a lot of them. I like Browzar. It isn't my main browser, but I do use it often.
Version 1.5.0.0 of Browzar has been released.
Here are some of the key features:
.COM Button NEW!
ActiveX support
Auto-complete blocking
Browzar is based on Internet Explorer
Browzar is disposable
Browzar skins in Black, Silver and Windows style NEW!
Cleanup progress panel
Cookies and privacy protection
Crash protection and recovery
Function and Ctrl shortcuts
History deletion
Homepage customization
Index.dat cleanup
Media (Video & Audio)
Menu functionality
Popup management
Secure File Deletion
Tabbed Browsing
Tabbing and the 'New Tab' button NEW!
Temporary Application Data delete (Flash and Java)
Web Cache (Temporary Internet Files) deletion
Web Search tool NEW!
Zipped version NEW!
Here is what Browzar says about ActiveX support:
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Rather than develop some other approach, we've defaulted to the underlying IE support for ActiveX. However, to protect your privacy, we've made it so ActiveX objects which may have been downloaded during you Browzar session, are automatically deleted on cleanup.
We'll continue to evaluate our approach to ActiveX based on feedback from this next beta release.
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Browzar says this about Secure File Deletion:
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We were getting a lot of criticism for that fact that we only superficially deleted files rather than 'shredding' them. We've now added a secure delete function that runs on-the-fly, and works in the following way:
Overwrites the entire file contents with zeros.
Overwrites the entire file contents with ones.
Overwrites the entire file contents with random data.
Renames the file multiple times to obscure filename records.
Delete the file.
The Secure Delete Function can be activated by selecting the 'secure delete' function under the Browzar 'Tools' menu.
Technical note:
Microsoft TM NTFS stores files in a number of ways: normal, compressed, sparse and encrypted. The Secure Delete process with normal files is straight forward. However to ensure we completely overwrite compressed, sparse or encrypted files we have utilised the defragmentation APIs to find the actual physical location of these files and perform raw overwrites (bypassing the file systems).
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Here is a link that will help you get more information and decide if you would like to give Browzar a try
Browzar | Your private window on the Web