![]() Here is a VBScript to make the changes from Opera urlfilter.ini to Iron adblock.ini Provides several work-arounds, including links to files necessary to create a customized adblock.ini as follows. On SRwares web site adblock.ini is at but is dated. "To block malicious ad servers, add adblock.ini to the "Iron" program folder."Įxtracting IronPortable.zip places an empty adblock.ini in the Iron folder. The link to adblock.ini is broken in the paragraph, I have Flash disabled on all but two sites which use the older version just fine. the latest update to Flash 18 works, however. Note: trying to install the latest Adobe Flash for Firefox crashed my XP system, XP is basically no longer supported with version 19. Maybe someone will figure out how to "port" this to Iron without doing a bunch of stuff in file explorers etc. Install 43, which still supports the (old) flash players (be they however insecure.)Ĭhrome itself has a built in alternative to Flash in the latest version. If you have no need for Flash or most other browser plug-ins, feel free, you'll be secure (but missing quite a bit of content.)Īlternatives: Do not update to 45. ![]() ![]() If you don't, be aware you're installing malware. The former plug-ins do not work, and the latest download which would be supported in Iron contains malware, checked by over 40 different engines and cannot be installed if you have ANY anti-malware engine running. You cannot add Flash support to version 45 of Iron. I understand this is a security issue, however, if you do need Flash, this is not the browser for you. They also create the following folders/files:Ĭ:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Chromium\User DataĬ:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Chromium\User Data\CrashpadĬ:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Chromium\User Data\Crashpad\metadataĬ:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Chromium\User Data\Crashpad\reportsĬ:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Chromium\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat The only Chromium browser that doesn't create these keys is Chromium Portable ( ). I can see it being created using Regshot and get to it and delete it with an alternate registry editor. I’m interested in learning whether SRWare has mitigated recent Chromium browser vulnerabilities in some other way.Just noting that Iron Portable and SRWare Iron Portable, as well as GoogleChromePortable and X-Chromium, create these registry keys:Īlso note that the HKLM key is hidden in regedit. If someone who represents SRWare Iron can rebut this, be my guest. I’m not keeping detailed records on this – my perception is based mainly on gut feel. Being an infosec professional, I can’t live with that. My perception, then, is that SRWare Iron has several months worth of unmitigated vulnerabilities. With the number of advisories and browser updates occurring, I’ve begun to feel that SRWare Iron is behind the curve.Ī quick check on Wikipedia shows that the latest version of Brave on Mac was released five days ago, while the latest update of Iron on Mac is five months old. I also keep my eye on the frequency that Google Chrome is updated – it feels quite regular to me, often associated with new malware exploits that Google squashes. With these computers side by side, I’ve noticed something peculiar: Brave updates came in regularly, while SRWare Iron updates were infrequent. On another computer (both Macs), I’ve been using Brave, yet another Chromium-based browser that, similar to SRWare Iron, runs Chrome browser extensions and also doesn’t tell Google what I’m doing. Eschewing Google Chrome‘s propensity to snitch on every little thing I do on a browser, I switched from Google Chrome many years ago to SRWare Iron, which, like Google Chrome, is a Chromium-based browser that looks and feels like Chrome, runs Chrome extensions, but doesn’t tell Google what I’m doing. I’ve been a fan of Chromium-based browsers for years. I’ve recently switched from one Chromium-based browser to another
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