Epic Browser - the first ever web browser for India

[keypees2005]

The Epic Browser is the first-ever web browser for India and the first product from the software company Hidden Reflex.

Hidden Reflex is a software product startup founded by Alok Bhardwaj in 2007 and based in Bangalore. Alok, who was raised in the U.S., was inspired by the success of open source software and web 2.0 innovations. Hidden Reflex began as a team of three but soon progressed and now has dedicated teams working on two products simultaneously – the Epic Browser and NewsDrink. The company also has three patents pending related to its product innovations.

The company’s vision is to become the first globally recognized, consumer-oriented software product company in India. According to Alok Bhardwaj, CEO and Founder of Hidden Reflex, “We want to prove that India can be a hub for innovation in software and technology."

Our mission with the Epic browser is to create the most secure, most productive and most “Indian” browsing experience of any web browser!

Epic is currently available only for Windows. Mac and Linux versions are in progress.

the first-ever web browser for India

the world's only antivirus browser

-Built in Antivirus: Scan downloads automatically. Scan your system manually. Epic Kills any viruses it finds. Totally free.
-Malicious Website warnings: We'll warn you if you're about to visit a web site known to host viruses or malware.
-Anti-Phishing Protection: A big, bolded domain so you know if you're at citibank.com or citiphishingsite.com.
-One-Click Private Data Deletion.
-One-Click Private Browsing.
-Flash cookie deletion built in. (the first browser ever to kill them).
-No Browsing Reports. We don't store your browsing or search data. Ever.

Epic Browser

[sujay]

I didn't get that point

-Built in Antivirus: Scan downloads automatically. Scan your system manually. Epic Kills any viruses it finds. Totally free.

Is this standalone AV or a cloud one? Or is it calls the installed AV like FF do?

[Alboguy]

It looks promising since it's based on firefox source code.

[INDRANIL]

It downloads 25 Mb of virus definition for scanning, it is not using the resident anti virus. But the definition from which vendor ??

[sm1]

Eset is listed as one of the partners for the project. May be the downloads are scanned in the cloud by eset. Other notable one is WOT.

[princeaniket]

look promising ..powered by mozila corp..
indian languages are also included....giving it a try.

[safeguy]

Interesting...I downloaded and installed this on a VM. Here's a quick screen-shot for you guys:



It's basically Firefox customized with a Persona, a sidebar and a few add-ons (although they may have modified it in some ways I guess) built-in. Nice effort but the GUI still looks a bit 'weird' to me...

[princeaniket]

It's basically Firefox customized with a Persona, a sidebar and a few add-ons (although they may have modified it in some ways I guess) built-in. Nice effort but the GUI still looks a bit 'weird' to me...

exactly safeguy..
you can scan full system or a folder via Eset a/v ..
the background is of peacock and CPU use increases more than firefox..
although " gmail to yahoo mail" and twitter and face book all add ons are there

all information and news related to India and also the language conversion platform for Indian languages are there..
even travel sites name.. to do list.. special alarm ...
nice initiative but, miles to go..

[sm1]

It consumes more RAM than firefox. I just chose custom theme and a lighter wallpaper.

[sujay]

Wow looks interesting. Atlast eset in a free product..