BANGALORE: India’s indigenous web browser is all set to join the legion dominated by popular browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Epic, the first Indian browser built by Hidden Reflex, a Bangalore- based software startup founded by Alok Bhardwaj in 2008, was launched on Wednesday.
Its creators claim that it can scan your computer for viruses, track your stock portfolio, type in 12 Indian languages, book travel tickets, spot phishing attacks at the same time, without having to visit multiple websites or switch between applications, all for free.
Epic is built on the popular open-source Mozilla platform and supports a sidebar that enables creating documents in 12 regional Indian languages. Users can access latest national and regional news from popular publications and television channels. As many as 1500+ customised Indian themes and wallpapers are provided along with the browser.
One unique feature of Epic is the free built-in antivirus software.
The user would have the option to manually scan the system or individual folders and viruses detected would be instantly removed.
“Epic will be useful to all types of users, including hard-core multi taskers and newbies,” Bhardwaj told Express.
The Epic browser can be downloaded here .