The SmartScreen url filter of Internet Explorer 9 would have a lot of malware to stop that via url’s on social networks and in e-mails is offered, while the url filters of the competition far behind would remain. However, the study is controversial.
NSS Labs concludes on the basis of a, say, independent research that version 9 of Internet Explorer 99,2 percent of malicious urls, detects and blocks. IE9 uses the SmartScreen technology, which allows both url’s as downloadable files reputatiescores get assigned.
According to NSS Labs remain competing browsers far behind: Chrome 12 would be only 13.2 percent of the malicious urls to identify, while Safari 5 and Firefox both a lean score of 7.6 percent books. Hekkensluiter is Opera 6.1 percent.
According to the researchers, the SmartScreen technology from Microsoft’s browser is also faster in the identification of malicious urls. On average, it would malware within a half an hour in the blocklist of the SmartScreen cloud-based are included, while the competing browsers from 5 to 18 hours to a malicious url, to recognize.
Microsoft in a response to the examination results to know that own research comparable scores results. Also, the software giant that its SmartScreen filter technology is significantly faster for the recognition of socially engineered malware.
Among other Opera has, despite the claim from NSS Labs that the research is independently done, all the necessary doubts about the examination results. So would the test from NSS Labs are not transparent and would the differences between IE and the rest suspected large. Moreover, McAfee recently know that internet users who are not infected with malwares like touch, Internet Explorer is better left can. Chrome or Firefox would be better choices, said McAfee as a result of a series of attacks on online stores, where malware on these sites. The particular malware would specifically focus on the security holes in Internet Explorer.
