[Simple Browser Security]

I personally recommend just running an ad blocker and not wantonly clicking on any link just because the page you're on says you should. Hover over a link and check if it looks sane to you. If it's tingling your spidey-sense in anyway, don't click.

There also exists plugins that make your browser first try to access websites using HTTPS and only when that fails fall back to HTTP, making wifi attacks (MITM) less viable against you - they might see what you send to a website but since it's encrypted they only get that much gibberish.

Forum user Digip by default browses with Javascript turned off which closes a rather large attack surface on your browser at the cost of usability. Some websites simply require JS to run properly. He did say something about being able to allow JS on a specific, whitelisted set of websites but this might be browser-specific.

Thank you for your input.

Look into Sandboxie for Windows or FireJail for Linux.

I'll do Sandboxie and I'm also going to run Lastpass for added security.

Thanks, you two. ;)

[Simple Browser Security]

^{Hi there. Long time viewer of Hak5. (Tried successfully hacking the ZipIt Z2 to run AirCrack)}

I've recently invested in a Lenovo Thinkpad W510 [intel Quad-core i7 720QM, 4GB RAM, Win7] for my small business. I'm mainly going to be doing online surfing, video conferencing, and word processing. Though my main focus for this post is the online surfing and perhaps the conferencing too.

I'm not computer literate. I've dabble lightly in networking, (aka I'm the one who fixes the 'internet' at home) so I know the surface of the malicious threats that can befall someone surfing the net. But my question is this: What sort of extensions for Chrome and perhaps simple programs on Win7 exist out there that can offer me a smidgen of an illusion of a more secure laptop and online experience, from online and wifi threats?

You know, so I don't have to reformat every few months, give up sensitive client info, or sacrifice sanity while using my browser. It doesn't need to be a free option, I don't mind paying a developer for a program or system of security worth my time and effort.