Submission + - Internet Explorer Best At Blocking Malware 1
An anonymous reader writes: NSS Labs released the results and analysis from its web browser security comparative evaluating the protection offered by five browsers — Safari 5, Chrome 25/26, Internet Explorer 10, Firefox 19 and Opera 12 — against malware downloads. While Chrome’s malware download protection improved significantly — rising to more than 83% from 70% in NSS’ October 2012 comparative test — Internet Explorer 10 continues to outperform the other browsers with a block rate of 99.96%. Safari, Firefox and Opera continue to lag far behind Chrome and Internet Explorer with overall block rates of 10.16%, 9.92% and 1.87% respectively.
