Click the test button to start a virtual browser test. We have pre-selected the latest Firefox version 88 but you can select any other browser and browser version. Try a virtual browser!īelow, you can try a virtual browser. Often, employees and students who are behind a corporate firewall can't watch YouTube videos or access their private emails, so by combining a virtual browser with an online browser, they get an online virtual browser that can access web pages that are blocked by network administrators. A new use case for a virtual browser is to bypass content firewalls. As a virtual browser runs in a virtual environment, they are protected from cyber-attacks data leaks. Security professionals use virtual browsers to keep their data safe from browser-based attacks.

For example, a website that works in Chrome 90 and uses the latest browser features may not work in earlier Chrome versions that don't have these features, so it has to be tested in multiple browser versions. Web developers use virtual browsers to access multiple versions of the same browser for cross-browser testing purposes. Primarily, virtual browsers are used by web developers and security professionals. This way, your virtual browsing profile is isolated from your primary browsing profile.

The biggest advantage of a virtual browser is that it's not linked to your usual browsing activities and all cookies, files, local storage, browser history, and extensions stay in the virtual machine. Compared to a browser that's installed on your own system, a virtual browser is physically separated from your system.

A virtual browser is a web browser that runs in a virtual machine.

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