Question about "Slim Browser"

On today's MG front page (Feb 21 2011) we have an updated release of Slim Browser. My question is this: What 'platform' is SlimBrowser built on? Is it the IE/Trident platform, the Mozilla/Firefox/PaleMoon platform, the Opera platform? Is it completely unique? The opening line in the description is "SlimBrowser is a fast and secure internet browser for Windows..." but at under 3mb in size, it seems too small to be a unique browser, but instead seems to be built on another browser (probably IE). What makes it "secure" when compared to FF/PM or IE or Opera? I didn't spend a LOT of time at their web site, but I also didn't find any source/platform info.... anyone?

Thanks!

 

If more info is desired.

http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internet/review-slimbrowser-4-11.aspx

 

I would imagine their claim (statement) of being "Secure", is made, based-on the security built into IE, since Slim is built on IE, correct?

 

And how "secure" is IE really???

 

Well, I'm sure it has it's "pluses", and I don't much use it myself, but according to Major Attitude here awhile back, he said he thought it was actually 'more secure than Firefox' (paraphrased, not a direct quote)... when I get a chance Ill try to search for that thread......

 

Thanks for all the great input everyone! I try to be aware of all browsers in case something "special" shows up like it did (IMO) with PaleMoon. PaleMoon is essentially FireFox but 'optimized' for the Windows OS, whereas the original FF was designed for Linux.... that's what I think I read somewhere. PM is awesome and has become my primary browser (with Opera being the 'backup' and of course IE for updates). If something truly new comes along, I don't want to miss out!!!

If SlimBrowser is built on IE, I must agree that I don't see how secure it can possibly be since IE and its flaws are the primary target for the malware writers out there....

(OMG! I just hit 8 0 0 0 posts!!! :dood )

 

I am glad to see the discussion about SlimBrowser here. This is Stephen from FlashPeak, the vendor of SlimBrowser. Yes, SlimBrowser is based on the IE engine. Its security is pretty much on the same level as IE. As a matter of fact, the security of the latest IE9 is greatly improved compared with the previous versions. However, due to the dominant market share of IE at this point, it is still the primary target of malicious software. There are a lot less of viruses for Mac. But that's clearly not because Mac OS is technically more secure than Windows. If you are a hacker, writing code to target an OS with under 10% share wouldn't be worth much of your time.

With that said, we have just launched another web browser called SlimBoat based on the open-source webkit engine (the same engine used by Google chrome). You guys can feel free to check it out at http://www.slimboat.com. The current release is for Windows. But a Mac version is coming out very soon. Hope this can ease your concern about the security flaws associated with IE.