TESTING THE SECURITY OF MODERN WINDOWS 7 BROWSERS
I just realized that there is no security tests in browser area, only performance related benchmarks.
Today we shall fix that small gap with the help of [BrowserAudit]
service.
BROWSER SCORES
| BROWSER | OK+ | WARN! | CRIT! | SKIP- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R3dFox 132 | 286 | 145 | 0 | 0 |
| Firefox ESR 115.17 | 289 | 142 | 0 | 0 |
| Supermium 124* | 289 | 142 | 0 | 0 |
| Palemon 33.4 | 302 | 129 | 0 | 0 |
| Seamonkey 2.53.19 | 295 | 136 | 0 | 0 |
*Supermium v126 is not tested due its instability and slow performance
AFTER THOUGHTS
R3dFox, Firefox & Supermium browsers gave pretty close results and are in the same league.
Palemoon showed it’s strong security grounds, it has substantial security boost over the other browsers.
But nothing comes for free, if you use Palemoon you have to accept its not so frequent incompatibilities and slow performance.
Surprisingly, Seamonkey demonstrated similar results to Palemoon maybe due to its older codebase with fewer modern features.
So, yeah, that’s it for today, have a nice Wednesday.
