Avast SafeZone browser is a substitution of the old SafeZone component and is now a fully-fledged web browser. However it offers much more things and improvements. We have added many built-in security layers to make it the most secured browser.
The SafeZone Browser is now part of
Avast 2016 Beta and supports the following features:
- Pay Mode - SafeZone Browser automatically opens banking sites in Pay Mode. This isolates the session and protects it from possible keyloggers or other malicious software secretly lurking on your computer. With Pay Mode you can perform all your financial transactions in peace, without fear of your password or other personal details being stolen. Pay Mode can be also turned on manually directly via browser UI.
We are still tuning the whole flow with Payment gateways as for now these are not switched to Pay Mode. If you face any issues - for example that some bank site was not opened in Pay Mode automatically or any other then let us know here in this thread. - Ad Blocker - The browser comes with built-in Ad Blocker that blocks all those annoying online ads and banners
- Video Downloader - Another cool feature is built-in Video Downloader that allows you to download online videos and store them to your hard drive. Now we support just limited amount of sites - youtube, vimeo, stream.cz, metacafe, yahoo and some others.
- Shielded Window (unstable) - The browser allows you to open suspicious sites in Shielded Window. This isolates the site from your computer so that no malicious content can invade it. Shielded Window does not keep any browsing record on you machine, so there’s no record of which sites you’ve visited or what files you’ve downloaded. Shielded window is kind of what you always wanted your InPrivate/Incognito/Private mode to be ;-). It is based on Avast NG (secure virtual machines) therefore it will probably not be available and working on all machines. It requires CPU virtualization enabled.
- Built-in HTTPS scanning without MITM certificate
We work really hard on adding some
other cool features for the 2016 release that will be available in following beta releases...
Now you have a chance to try it and discover the features! You can find the SafeZone Browser in Avast UI - Tools. We would also really appreciate your feedback and experience you have with the SafeZone Browser Beta.
Please fill in the Survey, it should only take 5 minutes.
SURVEY ->>> http://goo.gl/forms/1bw90wPtIi
Call for Testers!Would you like to become a tester for a while? Do you want to help us to make the product better? We prepared several test scenarios for you. We are curious whether you are able to pass through them and whether SafeZone browser works well on your environment.
TEST SCENARIOS ->>> http://goo.gl/forms/jQOtztSw9MThank you!
Known bugs:- Web Reputation, Do-Not-Track and Safe Price features are not functional.
- Avast Passwords extension and Shielded window feature are currently under heavy development and are not well integrated into the browser.
- Ad Blocker sometimes needs restart of the SafeZone browser to start working
- It is impossible to deactivate the Pay Mode for sites which are automatically switched into this mode
Avast 2016 Beta forum thread, download links:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=177126.0
