IE 8 Best in Malware Protection, Study Finds

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3 points·nreece··5 comments

Does anyone really need to read past the first sentence?

"Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 outperformed four other Web browsers in protecting against malware spread by social engineering techniques, according to a Microsoft-funded NSS Labs report".

And coming from the Redmond Mag, "Independent voice of the Microsoft IT Community". Its about as valid is proclaiming Jesus was the son of some invisible dude that lives in the sky because this book the "Bible" says he was.

I didn't read past the url: redmondmag.com

Trying to get beyond the multiple problems with bias that the artice incurs, I think the article leaves a few questions unanswered.

Most importantly, does anyone other than IE users need to worry about those "phishing" attacks? As an "alpine" email client user, I find that the "phishing" emails I get are rather transparently bogus. Since I run Firefox on top of Linux, I'm not too concerned about IE flaws that leave Windows open, and totally don't work on Linux.

LOL. If Apple came out with some study claiming Safari was best or Mozilla came out with some study claiming Firefox was best or Google came out with some study claiming Chrome was best, you guys would be eating it up.

I'm pretty sure you people made up your minds the moment you saw the title and just decided to read to search for any validation of your presumptions.

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