Internet Explorer 9 Best At Catching Socially Engineered Malware
Dark Reading / By Kelly Jackson Higgins
August 16, 2011
When it comes to socially engineered malware protection, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 wins hands down over other browsers, according to a new report from independent testing organization NSS Labs.
IE9 detected 96 percent of malicious links worldwide via its SmartScreen URL reputation feature, and another 3.2 percent when its Application Reputation feature was enabled. Next was Google Chrome 12, which caught 13.2 percent of the threats; Apple Safari 5, which detected 7.6 percent; Mozilla Firefox 4, which also detected 7.6 percent; and Opera 11, which found 6.1 percent.
Malware from websites is one of the three main threat vectors for browsers; phishing attacks and exploits are the other two. Rick Moy, president and CEO of NSS Labs, says...
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