Despite having Mcafee security suite fully updated, my computer still fails browser test. why?

Question

mozilla firefox browser failed the security test at

http://www.pcflank.com/browser_test1.htm

but mcafee security center is fully working on computer. Then why? mcafee security center has antivirus, firewall, antispyware etc etc

Answer 1

That test is pretty bogus. Just a bunch of scare tactics to get you to buy some software.



The stuff that PCFlank tests for are beyond the scope of any security suite or anti-virus, not just McAfee.



For example, of course your IP address is visible...without it a website would not know where to send it's information.



Every browser allows cookies by default, without cookies web-surfing is a real PITA, you will be constantly signing-in to everything.



A referer is no big deal, do you really care if yahoo.com knows you got to their site by searching on Google, etc.



No big deal here.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Yep. I have McAfee Security Center as well. It works great. Firefox is one of the safest browsers there is. Not sure why it won't pass the test.