Safe Surfing Blog

CHROME FOR ANDROID NOW UPDATED TO VERSION 32 Visit Play Store in your Android smartphone or tablet to check whether the update is available for you or not. If there is no update for your Chr...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/chrome-for-android-v32-update-now-saves-data-usage/

It was teased in 2011. Yes, it was in 2011 (not a typo) when Microsoft unveiled the first preview version of IE 10 for Windows 7. The second preview also can run on Windows 7. But after that, I...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/ie-10-for-windows-7-is-going-to-your-system-automatically/

Chrome for Android was just updated to version 25.0.1364.123. If you have an Android phone or tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) or Jelly Bean (4.1 and 4.2). You can grab the update from G...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/chrome-for-android-updated-to-25-faster-more-html-5-better-scrolling-pinch-to-zoom-background-audio-playback/

As a Chrome user, you probably know the Omnibox , the combined search and address bar in Chrome. But you probably did not notice the difference in search when you signed into Google and when ...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/encrypted-search-for-all-chrome-users-in-chrome-25/

Do you know or even heard about Netscape Navigator ? It has been the best browser from its initial launch in December 1994 to its death (almost dead, and bought by AOL) in 1998. It was buried b...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/the-looming-browser-war-on-windows-rt-microsoft-wants-to-go-back-to-return-to-the-digital-dark-ages/

Last week, Amazon issued a software update  6.3.1 for its Kindle Fire tablet . One of the notable updates is adding password protection and other parental controls. Now Kindle owners can ena...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/kindle-fire-update-brings-parent-control-finally/

We all know Internet Explorer sucks . We always recommend our readers to use alternatives, e.g., Firefox, Chrome, Opera, SeaMonkey. Even the old Netscape or Mozilla is far better than the IE. T...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/another-april-1st-joke-internet-explorer-provides-best-browser-battery-life/

Recently, Google has been in the crosshair of privacy groups. It was revealed that Google can bypass Safari’s privacy settings. Then Microsoft cried out that Google also bypassed the privacy ...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/keep-my-opt-outs-chrome-has-the-do-not-track-option-for-long-time/

IE PRIVACY SETTING IS JUST A JOKE, NOW THIS IS CLEAR. In our safe surfing guide series (part 4 ), we recommended you to dump IE and choose a better web browser, e.g., Chrome or Firefox , or Se...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/another-reason-to-dump-microsoft-ie-microsoft-claims-google-bypassed-its-browser-privacy-easily/

It is not a joke. Micro$oft did it again. Last year, Microsoft Security Essentials tried to Google Chrome by deleting it. According to some reports , Microsoft Antivirus and Security products ...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/microsoft-security-update-flags-google-com-as-a-severe-exploit-filled-threat/

Finally, Micro$oft knows how to do a silent update for your IE browser. Maybe just learned from Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox . Anyway, this is a smart move to stop or at least to slow down...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/silent-update-of-ie-from-january-2012/

According to TechCrunch , Carrier IQ is a “mobile intelligence” firm that provides logging software for carriers and devices OEMs for use in their devices. Carrier IQ claims that they deliver...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/carrier-iq-another-spyware-purposely-loaded-by-greedy-carriers/

Everyday millions of third-party add-ons are installed for Firefox. Some of them can impose serious privacy and security holes for the computer. Finally, in the latest release, Firefox 8 disab...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/firefox-8-cracks-third-party-add-ons/

In our safe surfing guide series, I mentioned one important thing for safe surfing is dumping IE and choosing a better browser . One of the safest web browsers is Google Chrome browser , which...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/why-chrome-is-the-safest-web-browser/

After the post on “How to surf safely? Dump IE, choose a better browse r” was online, a reader pointed me to a so-called research report that IE 9 crowns the browser security . According to...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/what-a-joke-internet-explorer-9-crowns-the-browser-security/

This is part 4 of the Safe Surfing Guide series. You may check other parts as well to read the complete safe surfing guide. To surf safely, your browser can also play an important role. There ...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/how-to-surf-safely-dump-ie-choose-a-better-browser/

This is part 3 of the Safe Surfing Guide series. You may check other parts as well to read the complete safe surfing guide. Malicious code and malicious link can be easily hidden in emails. Whe...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/how-to-surf-safely-use-webmail/

This is part 2 of the Safe Surfing Guide series. You may check other parts as well for a complete safe surfing guide. After reading the part 1 of this guide , you installed the antivirus softwa...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/how-to-surf-safely-anti-malware/

The No.1 threat of safe surfing is computer virus . Unless you are using UNIX or Linux, you are facing computer virus on websites almost every day. In the DOS era, the computer virus was mai...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/how-to-surf-securely-antivirus/

In the previous article, I shared with you the 3 methods to get the latest proxy when your proxy is blocked by your ISP your organization.  Actually, one reader reminded me that I should also i...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/get-the-latest-proxy-from-twitter/

When we get a new PC,  anti-virus software is usually installed. Some big companies (I really don’t want to name them) give you 30 to 90 days trial. Of course, this is mainly for Windows mach...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/microsoft-security-essentials-kills-google-chrome/

Web proxy sites may be blocked any time by your ISP, without giving any explanations. So, it is important to have a list of proxy, and most importantly, a list of new proxy. you need to know how ...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/your-proxy-was-blocked-so-what/

There are some misconceptions on privacy protection provided by the web proxy. Some people think anonymous means he is not traced anymore if he uses a web proxy. This is not true at all. Firs...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/how-much-can-a-web-proxy-protect-your-privacy/

Of course, most of our visitors are using our free anonymous web proxy service.  Web proxy is quite simple. It acts as an agent between your computer and the site you want to browse. That’s it...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/top-5-reasons-of-using-web-proxy/

A few years ago, we had a blog, but we did not maintain it. Now, we start a brand new blog powered by WordPress . We will not only cover updates of the free proxy site , but also some related tec...

https://blog.theproxyfree.com/theproxyfree-blog-is-online-again/