Compare Chrome extensions: Windscribe - Free Proxy and Ad Blocker vs IE Tab

Stats Windscribe - Free Proxy and Ad Blocker Windscribe - Free Proxy and Ad Blocker IE Tab IE Tab
User count 2,000,000+ 6,000,000+
Average rating 4.69 4.32
Rating count 20,683 19,094
Last updated 2023-10-13 2024-03-04
Size 3.27M 950.27K
Version 3.4.9 17.3.3.1
Short description
Windscribe helps you mask your physical location, circumvent censorship, and block ads and trackers on websites you use every day Display web pages using IE within Chrome. Use Java, Silverlight, ActiveX, Sharepoint, and more.
Full summary

Windscribe is a VPN desktop application and proxy browser extension that work together to block ads, trackers, restore access to blocked content and help you safeguard your privacy online. Free plan provides 10 GB of data per month (if you confirm your email address), and the Pro plan has unlimited data and access to servers in over 134 cities in 69 countries.

Still not convinced? Perhaps this elegant list of features will convince you otherwise.

Browse Privately

Governments block content based on your location. Corporations track and sell your personal data. Add Windscribe to your browser and take back control of your privacy.

Advanced Privacy Features

Windscribe is not just a proxy extension. It's a suite of privacy tools which include:

  • Ad + Tracker Blocking - Ads and trackers follow you around, waste your bandwidth and compromise your privacy. Windscribe will block all this crap. Malware Blocking - Some sites distribute malware. We'll prevent you from ever ending up on those sites.
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IE Tab exactly emulates Internet Explorer, and enables you to load your web pages with different versions of IE (IE7 - IE11)

FULLY SUPPORTED IN WINDOWS 11 AND AFTER INTERNET EXPLORER IS REMOVED IN FEBRUARY 2023.

Please note that IE Tab for Windows does require the use of a separate executable, ietabhelper.exe. You can read more about that in the FAQ below.

-- FEATURES --

  • Create a list of URLs that will automatically open in IE Tab

  • Group Policy support for enterprise deployments

  • Securely use the old IE rendering engine

  • Edit Sharepoint documents instead of opening read-only

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