Ghostzilla : Blended Discreet Web Browser for Surfing at Work
June 13th, 2006 | Filed under Security, Tips, Tools.Surfing the net at work? We always wanted a discreet web browser which blends with common applications, disappears instantly when the boss is looking and lets you surf privately at work…
Ghostzilla is a free open source standalone Web browser that shields you from the glances of people around you, when they try to see if you are surfing the Web. It enables secure browsing at the workplace…
“With Ghostzilla, they see your normal work screen. You see the Web page, drawn to appear inside your work application and to look like that application to a bystander.
If someone comes too close, move the mouse away from the Web page and it disappears, leaving the original application frame. When the coast clears, another mouse move brings Ghostzilla and the Web page back inside your application.
The browser always has only one window, framed in your work application, but you can surf multiple pages at once in different tabs. Needless to say, popup ads can’t exist. You are not even bothered by the in-page ads — any non-tiny image is hidden unless you hover the mouse over its frame.”
And the list of amazing features is long. It adapts to all applications with full Web standards support, multi-page (tabbed) browsing, disabled pop-up windows, built-in Google search, text zoom in/out. It runs directly from a CD without installation, does not write to Windows registry, does not leave files on your PC, keeps setting and history hidden and encrypted, or on a USB drive, is not shown in taskbar when hidden and there are six levels of camouflage.
What more could you ask for surfing privacy while browsing the web on job. The screenshots say how the browser blends into outlook, disappears with mouse and comes back with other mouse gestures.
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Ron | 28/03/07 #
Sadly, the author took the Ghostzilla site down last month. Does any one know why or if someone else is working on an updated version of Ghostzilla?
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