Thursday, August 05, 2010

Online Scan - Browsers

This is a list of site that allow you to determine how secure your browser is. The security focus may be different for each of the online browser scan sites below but they reveal information of the browser that you are using. So if you are not sure how secure is your browser, try some of these tools to check the security of your browser. Most of the popular browsers should be able to use the online browser scanning tools below.

BrowserSpy.dk - "When you surf around the internet your browser leaves behind a trail of digital footprints. Websites can use these footprints to check your system. BrowserSpy.dk is a service where you can check just what information it's possible to gather from your system, just by visiting a website."


browserscope - "Browserscope is a community-driven project for profiling web browsers. The goals are to foster innovation by tracking browser functionality and to be a resource for web developers.
Gathering test results from users "in the wild" is the most important and useful feature of Browserscope - and you can participate!"


pcflank - "checks whether your browser exposes any personal information, such as sites you have visited, the region you live in, who your Internet Service Provider is, etc. After the test, you will be given specific recommendations for changes to your browser settings."

browsercheck - "Qualys BrowserCheck will perform a security analysis of your browser and its plugins to identify any security issues. Install the plugin to get started."

scanit - "The test will try to crash your browser! Close all other browser windows before starting and bookmark this page. If your browser crashes during the test, restart it and return to this page. It will show which vulnerability crashed your browser and offer you to continue the test or view the results. "