Internet browsers are the gate way to access the interner. Without them the internet is an impenetrant black box.

Browsers may be among the most commonly used application, but they also dffer the greatest numbers of attack option for harmfull content on the internet. To protect your computer from viruses, worms and other malware, its ccrucial to configure your browser for security.

The firewall on a DSL router is a good first step for protecting the computer during surfing. But its dosen't hold true if your browser is out of date. Internet Explorer 6 and 7 or Firefox 2 no longer satisfy current security standards. So for optimal protection users keep to update their browser.

computer owners should also activate all options for warning against attacks. This applies in particular to warnings about suspicious content to be displayed using ActiveX, Flash,or JavaScript.Yet alone the warning mechanism on most browsers is not usually enough.

You can use Firefox add-on 'No Script', which blocks all active content of a website by default and allows the user to decide which should be permitted.