Make your web browser more safe before performing a transaction online

Some of the user might consider their web browser like Mozilla firefox,internet explorer etc. safe while performing online transactions even when they have add ons installed on them.Do you know that some of the add ons might be a hole in your web browser security.

If you have ever done online banking ,paid your house hold utility bills from your internet bank account ,or you may have used your credit card to purchase something from online products websites like ebay,amazon etc. then you might be aware of risk of security breach while doing these online money transactions.

So to minimize this risk you should use your web browser in safe mode.Some of you might ask a question "is there any safe mode for web browser ?".Yes it is there.You can enable them by following these simple steps.



USE FIREFOX IN SAFE MODE:

1. Right click on the FireFox shortcut
2. In the target path append -safe-mode
For Example: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -safe-mode

3. Now start firefox with this shortcut you had changed and select the check box which says: Disable All Add-ons

USE INTERNET EXPLORER IN SAFE MODE:

Internet Explorer 6.0 always runs without add-ons by default even then you can view the add-ons currently enabled in your internet explorer by the procedure given below.

1. File Menu>>Tools>>Manage Add-ons
2. In the opened window you can enable / disable add-ons.

If You are using Internet Explorer 7 then to start IE7 without add-ons follow the procedure given below

1. Press Window+R
2. Type iexplore -extoff or append -extoff as shown below in the path of the ie7 shortcut.
3. "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -extoff

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