Decoupling rendering engine from web browser for security

A method for providing web content containing potential malware from a decoupled rendering engine to a visual display of an electronic device of a user, comprising:

• receiving, at a browser rendering engine server, a request for web browser content containing potential malware from a local web browser of an electronic device of a user, wherein the browser rendering engine server is physically separate from the electronic device of the user;
• retrieving the requested web content;
• providing the requested web content to a rendering engine that is isolated within a secured rendering engine container stored on the browser rendering engine server;
• rendering the web content at the rendering engine, thereby generating web content output from the rendering engine in the absence of potential malware, the web content output comprising image, audio, or video data that need not be further rendered on the electronic device of the user;
• and
• providing the web content output without potential malware to the viewing application on the electronic device of the user, wherein the viewing application securely displays the web content on a display of the electronic device of the user.