ID: IRCNE2011081220
Date: 2011-08-17
According to "techworld", Internet Explorer is better at defending against drive-by downloads than competitors' browsers, according to a worldwide exam of browsers by security research firm NSS Labs.
Internet Explorer scored a 99.2% protection score in the firm's most recent exam of socially engineered malware distribution, with Google Chrome coming in a distant second with 13.2%. Trailing behind it were Safari and Firefox tying with 7.6% each, and Opera pulling up last with 6.1%.
NSS examed Internet Explorer 9, Chrome 12, Opera 11, Firefox 4 and Safari 5 during 14 days, May 27 through June 10. The exam included 1,188 URLs that NSS had verified contained malware, and an average of 86 new ones were added each day.
Chrome's score represents a big improvement over its performance in last year's exam when it scored just 3%. Firefox lost ground against last year's exam when its score was 19%.
Internet Explorer blocked sites on average within .56 hours. Safari was second with 4.9 hours, then Firefox (6.07 hours), Chrome (17.64 hours) and Opera (18.39 hours).
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