Serpent Web Browser

Thank you for this.

How can I modify the String value, to show mozilla only the Firefox version but not to reveal my operating system?

What happens if I make a mistake and garble the string value?

I also puzzled by a few small differences between yours and ClippyBeer's string values.
 
Try this one:

Code: 
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:69.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/69.0

Here is an extensive list of user agents for various platforms:

http://www.useragentstring.com/pages/useragentstring.php

Having a malformed user agent string won't break your browser - However websites that rely on them to provide certain functions may not render properly - in the case of Mozilla they use your User Agent to determine if an extension is compatible or not. Google uses it on site like Youtube and for their dreaded ReCaptcha.

A lot of newer sites ignore the user agent and use browser fingerprinting (javascript) to determine the actual browser/OS you are using.
 
Janice said:
How can I modify the String value, to show mozilla only the Firefox version but not to reveal my operating system?
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You can simply remove all references to the OS:

Code: 
Mozilla/5.0 (rv:69.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/69.0

After changing it try it here:

https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-operating-system-do-i-have

Again, user agent spoofing will be of little use to websites that use browser fingerprinting to identify your browser/OS.

Here is a good read on how browser fingerprinting works:

https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/browser-fingerprinting/
 
directxp said:
1) That thing of "portable-loader.txt" is necessary? What i have to do for make Serpent my default browser?
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Portable loader is just that - if you want to make the browser portable to run from removable media.

You don't need it if you are going to use Serpent as default browser. Just run Basilisk.exe.

directxp said:
2) https://www.whatismybrowser.com says me that my browser is out of date. "You have version 66, why not upgrade to 69?"

I've downloaded this version "http://o.rths.cf/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.4.win32-git-20190921-d59ef8774-xpmod.7z", the last one.
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ClippyBeer said:
Janice said:
I am seeing everything right except instead of the green box that says "Your web browser is up to date", I get 2 red boxes saying "Your web browser is out of date" and "How to upgrade Firefox". There is also a message that says "Out of date web browsers can have security problems and may cause websites to not work properly. You have version 66, why not upgrade to 69?"
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Sorry for the late reply, been very busy. You can ignore those warnings, it will say that for any browser not current. You can still download the add-ons. The site is just to verify that your user agent is being spoofed correctly.
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Janice said:
ClippyBeer said:
http://o.rths.cf/basilisk/basilisk55-win32-git-20190511-89eeeb225-xpmod.7z
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ClippyBeer, can you please give me the link to the web page that you got this from. Some of my friends are interested.
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Here is the repository for all the Serpent for XP builds:

http://o.rths.cf/basilisk/?sort=date&order=desc

And here is Roytam's blog where he posts updates to Serpent, New Moon and others:

https://rtfreesoft.blogspot.com/search/label/browser
 
Thanks, but i have another question for you ClippyBeer. It's impossible for me to use Serpent, it's heaviest browser i ever tried on windows xp.

So, what' the lighest browser for you?
 
No such thing anymore - all browsers are 'heavy' because the internet is 'heavy' (Javascript, CSS, HTML5 etc.).

You can use an older browser but many websites won't work properly.

The lightest browser I know of is Off By One (1.2 MB). Unfortunately it only supports HTML 3.2 and NO Javascript.
 
Janice, earlier I clicked on that as well and wished I hadn't. It's worrying as no idea if it was intentional as a joke or an infected link. It doesn't give you much confidence.
 
No worries at all :D I am sure at least some members of the forum must have enjoyed it :D

Your help here is greatly appreciated!
 
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