IE Wins Malware-Blocking Tests

[Dragoness_Cutie]

Been using Chrome for over a year...works perfectly for me.

Same here. Though I do find it intriguing that IE has stepped up the malware blocking. I hope the other browsers follow suit. Though I have to admit, I have very little issues with Chrome, personally.

I haven't tried Chrome yet. One of my nephews has been using it for quite a while. It's just easier to stay with the familiar.

It's similar enough to FF that it would be an easy transition for you. I find it to be faster than FF most of the time, although some websites don't show up properly with it.

[samarchepas]

Chrome IS faster and the whole IE malware blocking issue...we are still talking about a browser BANNED in some countries (It was banned in Windows 7 for Europe)Malwares are one thing...and leaving backdoors is another.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I use Chrome as well

[redred]

and me

[Pony]

As many firefox users also have adblock and noscript add ons, I'd like to see a comparison of that against IE. Good for MS though for finally securing their swiss cheese browser.

[Softdreamer]

I liked it when IE was swiss cheese..

Not getting any warnings from your anti-virus makes you get paranoid that its even working.

[Pony]

[Teh One Who Knocks]

As many firefox users also have adblock and noscript add ons, I'd like to see a comparison of that against IE. Good for MS though for finally securing their swiss cheese browser.

I think that's the purpose of this comparison though, they are comparing the browsers 'out of the box'

[samarchepas]

Out of the box...I don't know about you guys (and gals) but the very first thing I do when changing/installing a new browser is get the right addons/extensions for it

[Deepsepia]

Interesting I'm a Firefox guy but maybe I should see what the newest IE has to offer

Microsoft really have been trying harder lately. IE ain't bad, and Bing doesn't suck.

[Pony]

I think that's the purpose of this comparison though, they are comparing the browsers 'out of the box'

Yea, I know. I just would have liked to have seen how secure FF is with ABP and NS.

[redred]

I liked it when IE was swiss cheese..

Not getting any warnings from your anti-virus makes you get paranoid that its even working.

i remember the days of being able to view anothersite without the malware warnings when all the other browsers were stopping it

[fricnjay]

I wonder if this test included addons for Firefox like noscript, adblocker and so on.

I read no mention of them so I would assume no and if thats the case the test was inaccurate in my opinion.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I wonder if this test included addons for Firefox like noscript, adblocker and so on.

I read no mention of them so I would assume no and if thats the case the test was inaccurate in my opinion.

How does that make the test inaccurate? This test was browser vs browser, not browser vs browser with 3rd party software added to it.

[fricnjay]

But thats part of what makes that browser. The fact that Microsoft chooses not to do it is irrelevant. Besides Microsoft has added their own "addons" mentioned in the article; Smartscreen URL Filter, SmartScreen Application Reputation and application filtering. And from what I read they do what some of the Firefox addons do. So either test apples to apples or dont publish the results like this. And by this I mean just because Microsoft does not call it an "addon" does not mean there is not an equivalency to one.