An Indian startup Hidden Reflex, has recently launched a web browser, which has an antivirus built within it. Nicknamed as EpicBrowser, this feature-rich Internet browser is built on the open source Mozilla Platform and has a built in antivirus and antispyware powered by the noted security vendor ESET.
It would benefit the users to save money by performing regular virus scans on EPIC for free. Every file downloaded on EPIC would be automatically scanned. Further, the user would be given an option to manually scan the system or individual folders for any virus and any infections found would be healed completely.
Yet another notable feature of this browser-with-a-difference is it sidebar. It has a feature-rich sidebar, which allows you to access your favorite sites and networking site profiles like Twitter, Facebook, Orkut and many others with just a single click. Besides this, there are many other utility applications like a free word processor, a to-do tool, snippet app, timer and most importantly it allows you to access your files and folder from the browser itself.
It allows you to choose from more than 1500 themes to suite your taste.
Presently, EpicBrowser is targeted towards the Indian users, but if you feel like interested ten you can use it other parts of the world as well.
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I’m afraid, so far at least most of these reviews of Epic browser–and I’ve been reading a LOT of them–are pretty pathetic hype, very juvenile. I’ve probably seen one or two professional international reviews, and they are politely tentative at best.
So, I decided to test it myself ()my machine: Acer Extensa 5620-4801 laptop with 3 gb ddr ram, 250 mb hd, running on p4). While some of the bundled apps in the sidebar are interesting and useful, I concluded: 1. this is wholly a Mozilla Firefox browser custom dressed up as epic. 2. It is SLOWWWWWW! way slower than what
i’m using, and will continue to use because it is CONSISTENTLY (and NOT initially and occasionaly) faster than any other browser I’ve use with the exception of Chrome which I haven’t used), it felt bloated and sluggish in about 2 hours of surfing, 3. all its apps don’t work (watch video in sidebar, b/c sites I wanted e.g. cricktime wouldn’t be detected or couldn’t be opened in the sidebar), although the map app did work fine, as did the transliteration tool, which was impressive. 4. it doesn’t have a password manager, or if it does I couldn’t see how to access or activate it. 5. its current antivirus operation is nothing unique as Opera 11 has had it for the last six months 6. Opera has in fact many more genuinely unique features (browser as email app, auto speed up on slow connections, solid password manager, etc).
I look forward to epic’s further development, and more mature/professional reviews (as distinct from only desi hype)
So, while this in an interesting effort, kit needs a lot