Best Browser for Malware Protection?

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Lynx.

More realistically though, you can block scripts and active content with pretty much any browser, one way or another (some are easier than others), as ads are among the most common vectors for infection these days (I believe the biggest, but no stats on hand).

That, an antivirus, and wise browsing is going to do more far good than just relying on the browser to block the bad stuff; whitelists are always more effective than blacklists.

Degree of 'safety' varies with each browser depending on OS, too.

Opera 12.16 was my favorite.

Be sure to install the Web of Trust add-on if it is available for your browser too. If a sites content is questionable, it catches it and warns you not to go there.

nice necro.

Not always accurate. Because it's web sourced, and not actually tested by the WOT staff themselves, smear campaigns and paid negative reviews influence WOT both in the direction of 'false positives' (sites given falsely 'untrustworthy' reviews) and 'false negatives' (untrustworthy sites given falsely trustworthy reviews).

Exactly. 

Which is why (in my opinion) 'addons' such as WOT are less useful than even just making prudent web-browsing habits/choices by oneself.  Trusting any piece of software to 'protect' you on the web from yourself is essentially foolish in my opinion.  As always, real security starts at the permission level for your user account, for any/all files accessed during the browsing session all the way up to the 'health' of your ISP's DNS and beyond (sometimes your 'system' can be healthy/secured so to speak but further up the pipeline problems might exist). 

'Least privilege' from the ground up is the still the best way to remain as 'secure' as possible regardless of browser or even browsing habits....

I don't trust it completely, it just assists in identifying potentially harmful sites is all. Anything that helps is worth it to me.

My point is, I personally don't think software (addons) like those are worthy of 'any' trust.  In today's internet-landscape all it takes is a few milliseconds of trust (even while let's say it doesn't have the latest updates or incorrect updates) and you've got problems.  Which is why the only thing I have any 'trust/faith' in is the security foundation that can only be built by employing 'least-privilege' thinking/actions from the ground up.  Even then I never claim a person will be 'secure', but rather as secure as is 'reasonably' possible.

Sign off, turn off the PC and stay off the internet.

Nothing is completely safe on the internet.

These kinds of threads kill me. Use a good anti virus software, pick a favorite browser, and make good decisions. 

I have caused waaayyyy more woes for myself by installing bad software than I ever had virus wise, or being hacked into, or spied on, or security related problems.

The browser wars and security threads on these forums blow things way out of proportion.

Avatar browser is pretty solid  https://www.whitehatsec.com/securebrowser

I use Whitehat. Only browser I have since ditching Chrome because it got too damn buggy.

The best and most effective browser is what's in your head...your brain. 9 years on the internet with no malware or virus.

You mean you haven't got the flu from surfing the internet that long?

Aviator, actually...

And Jim...no one in the thread said that...most have said be careful. 

And Monk still owes us an explanation of how to do that least privileges thind.

One thing no one discussed is VPN extensions for FF and Chrome and whether they're worth it.

silly words come out when I type quickly... :)  Yes its not avatar, but aviator.