The software is designed not to prevent the many vulnerabilities found in IE from being exploited, but to close down inherently insecure features of the browser, such as ActiveX controls, which are often used to dump malware on unsuspecting PCs.
A key feature of SecureIE is that it automatically configures the browser with its most secure settings – mostly using preferences that could be set manually by a knowledgeable user using regular IE – so the user doesn’t have to.
In addition, the software has functionality not inherently possible with IE, but common to other browsers, such as Opera, such as tabbed browser windows. It also Zip-compresses saved pages into essentially one file, whereas IE saves all page elements separately.
Winferno is pitching the software as a complement to other desktop security applications like firewalls and anti-virus. Packaged, it costs $39.95, but the company says it will also make enterprise licenses available.
Source: Computerwire
