Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 offers Web surfers the best protection against social engineering malware, according to test results released today by an independent research firm. With its new Application Reputation feature, IE9 blocks malicious URLs more than 99 percent of the time, according to NSS Labs, of Carlsbad, Ca. Application…
Microsoft’s IE9 Blocks Almost All Social Malware, Study Finds
A study prepared by NSS Labs concludes that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 blocks virtually all socially engineered malware, far more than rival browsers. The study was designed to examine one aspect of security: how a browser handled a malicious URL, such as one received in a posting on a social…