Browzar

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Browzar

Maintainer:	Browzar Ltd
Stable release:	none _[+/-]
Preview release:	1.2.0.0 _[+/-]
OS:	Windows XP
Use:	Web browser
Website:	http://www.browzar.com/

Browzar is an adware-driven graphical frontend to Internet Explorer web browser developed and marketed by Browzar Ltd. It is currently in beta, and claims to enhance user privacy on the Internet by storing only session cookies, and not using autocomplete or browser history features. It has been touted by some of the media as a new idea[1], however, these 'Browzar' features have been available as settings in almost all browsers since their inception. The same functionality can be achieved more easily with Mozilla Firefox using extensions such as "Stealther".

Browzar has a small download size, and reasonable memory usage as it relies on the Internet Explorer Shell (which is mostly loaded into memory on Windows startup), similar to other Internet Explorer frontends like Avant Browser, unlike other truly small standalone browsers which do not use the Internet Explorer engine such as Firefox, Opera, SeaMonkey, or, for example, Off By One.

The developers of Browzar do not see their product as a rival to Firefox and Opera. Instead they say their software is a complement to existing applications and is "designed to be run at those times when we want privacy."

The fact that it stores session cookies on the hard drive means that it is not truly secure as deleted data can be restored.

Mac OS and Linux versions are claimed to be in development. These could be done as frontends for common Mac OS X and Linux browsers, such as Safari and Konqueror.

Later reviews have labeled Browzar as adware since it displays advertisements based on search terms, using Yahoo! Search Marketing. [2]