9 Extensions To Make Your Internet Browser Safer!

Browser extensions act as your first line of defense against attacks. Here we bring some for you...     Secure browsing is the order of the day. A number of websites use ad networks and tracking scripts and many of these are responsible for putting you in the sight of a hacker. Fortunately, there are many browser extensions that can help you protect yourself from such attacks. Here are nine of them! 1. NoScript Security Suite: This extension for Mozilla’s Firefox Internet browser blocks unsafe scripts from running on the browser. It protects the user from XSS, Cross-zone DNS binding, router hacking, Clickjacking and other attacks. The user has to define what kind of websites can launch their scripts on the browser. 2. Webutation: This extension runs on both the Firefox and Google Chrome browsers. It is one of the quickest and best ways to find out how safe a particular website is. It is an open source resource that collects data from the users in the community and scores websites’ security from 0 to 100 with 100 being the best score. 3. Secure Sanitizer: This is a tool that makes the Firefox browser more secure. It clears your web browser cache using the file system simple deletion, random data overwriting or the US DoD 5220 methods. 4. WOT: Compatible with the Chrome browser, this adds three icons to your search results. The icons denote whether a website is safe, questionable or completely unsafe. There is a green, amber and red icon for each respectively. 5. Disconnect: This extension is available for Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari and is very useful for preventing the tracking of your cookies. The extension shows you whenever tracking requests come in and you can choose whether to allow them or not. 6. LastPass: This is a password manager that is compatible with Google Chrome. It puts in a master password for all your separate web logins. You can login to all your accounts using that one master password. 7. NotScripts: This Chrome extension was inspired by the NoScript extension for Firefox. It prevents JavaScript on webpage from running and lets you choose where it is allowed to run. 8. Adblock Plus: This is available for both the Google Chrome and Firefox browsers and blocks tracking scripts. In the default settings it blocks both ads and tracking scripts. 9. Ghostery: This does the same job as Adblock Plus. It is compatible with Google Chrome and blocks advertisements and tracking scripts. It also provides you with information on ad networks and links to their privacy policy.