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IE8 the best in protection

Posted by ctitanic on August 14, 2009 – 1:16 am  Share
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An independent study has found that IE8 is the browser blocking Malware and Phishing sites.

IE8’s SmartScreen Filter has delivered more than 70 million blocks in the first four months since IE8’s official release, for a cumulative total of 80 million blocks. This data is a strong indication of the value of the protection SmartScreen provides, and of just how widespread socially-engineered malware attacks are on the web today.

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IEBlog : Real-World Protection With IE8’s SmartScreen Filter™

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Working as IT Professional since 1994. IT Manager since 1999. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Tablet PC/UMPC since 2007. Owner/writer of www.ultramobilepc-tips.com . Published many articles in todoUMPC Magazine, www.todoUMPCmagazine.com, the first online magazine all about UMPCs. Maker of Tweaks2K2, a registry hacking tool for Pocket PC devices (www.tweaks2k2.com).


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  • Just to be clear, when somebody in the engineering team at Microsoft *commissions a study* it is not exactly what you would call an *independent study*.
  • That depends on the independence of the testing lab (suspect based on what I've read) and whether the engineering team let it be known that they worked for Microsoft. They could have commissioned the study as "independent reviewers" to eliminate any bias the testing lab might have had based on knowing who was paying.

    I don't know that they actually did that, but if you can't prove they didn't, you're making unfounded accusations.

    But in general, it is something to watch out for. Shopping around for favorable testing probably isn't uncommon in lots of industries (like big pharma maybe?).

    Steve
  • feran
    Hi, this is Feran with the Internet Explorer Outreach Team. You can view the entire NSS study at http://nsslabs.com/browser-security.
  • audiofeeline
    ...but probably the worst browser to understand CSS...
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