Weekly Meeting June 25

Weekly Meeting June 25

Topic: Internet Browsers

Speaker: Andy

A browser is a Program for viewing Internet pages such as:

IE - internet explorer
Most hacked, keep security up to date
Check version by clicking on the cog at the top right
Set updates to automatic

FIrefox by Mozilla is another browser

Chrome by Google is a good browser
Tabs are like sandboxes which keeps it safe from bad pages
ActiveX does not use it, much safer
Menu in top right is 3 bars
Incognito window but you aren't invisible
Bookmarks
Recent tabs if you accidentally close one
Also remembers things from your phone or tablet

So it seems that Chrome is a better Browser than IE. Firefox is also OK

MalWareBytes works well with Bad web pages

Your search engine can be hijacked by naughty websites.
Go to settings in Chrome
Look for Default Search settings and change it if it is something other than Google or an acceptable search engine.