Report: IE10 Most Secure Windows 8 Browser
NSS Labs has released a new edition of its security report that evaluates a browser's ability to block socially engineered malware.
The results reflect the ranking of the previously released report in August of 2011 and found Internet Explorer (version 10) to be the safest browser in this discipline under Windows 8. NSS Labs said that IE10 blocked 99.1 percent of the malware it was exposed to (virtually dead-even with the 99.2 percent result from August of last year), but Chrome improved its 13.2 percent result to 70.4 percent due to the integration of enhanced file-based reputation screening.
IE's reputation blocking accounted for 10.6 percent of IE's malware blocking, up from 3.2 percent last year. Firefox fell from 7.6 percent to 4.2 percent and is now listed behind Safari which dropped from 7.6 percent to 4.3 percent. Opera was not included in the review this year.
"Web browsers are the first line of defense for consumers and enterprises alike as they can prevent malware from reaching the operating system," said Randy Abrams, research director at NSS Labs.
"Windows 8 users should pay attention to the effects on security their choice of browser makes. A few milliseconds faster web page rendering will not compensate for the time spent recovering from malware infections, so security must be a high consideration when selecting a web browser."
NSS Labs said that the evaluation was not sponsored and was based on 91,000 test cases conducted in September 2012.

These days even the best protection is almost useless. The thing is that even safe webites have a chance since all the ads tend to come from the same area.
As for speed, IE and Chrome are within milliseconds of loading pages. Its like saying a GPU that plays a game at 61FPS is fastert than a GPU doing the same at 60FPS, not noticeable enough.
Overall I like how MS is pushing to keep IE safe and integrating ore saftey features by default (such as the do not track) as it helps those who are not as internet savvy.
IE is already pretty fast, loading time differences between browsers on a good connection aren't really noticeable.
What gets me is the features the browsers provide. That's what attracts me.
If we compared by speed, Opera would probably win.
IE is already pretty fast, loading time differences between browsers on a good connection aren't really noticeable.
What gets me is the features the browsers provide. That's what attracts me.
If we compared by speed, Opera would probably win.
If they dont mind getting a more intrusive and, overall, slower browser, then I think its fine.
I've lost count of the number of PCs filled with bloatware and spam from unexperienced clients I've had to repair/optimize, so I think its the right choice. Windows 8 is an OS planned for the consumer anyway, power users and gamers probably dont receive very well all this... noobish(?) stuff W8 comes with
Apparently their idea of "security" is web filtering, built into the browser itself, to make up for deficiencies in an anti-virus product or the OS. I'd rather train the users better and use a separate security product or filtering proxy service.
These days even the best protection is almost useless. The thing is that even safe webites have a chance since all the ads tend to come from the same area.
As for speed, IE and Chrome are within milliseconds of loading pages. Its like saying a GPU that plays a game at 61FPS is fastert than a GPU doing the same at 60FPS, not noticeable enough.
Overall I like how MS is pushing to keep IE safe and integrating ore saftey features by default (such as the do not track) as it helps those who are not as internet savvy.
Chrome is still a bit more responsive than IE. Firefox, meanwhile, is absolutely terrible in comparison.
It's a world of difference between IE 8 and Chrome. I mean, the Dark Ages vs. Star Trek difference. For those who still use Win XP, like many businesses still do, there is no option for IE 9 or IE 10. Chrome on the other hand is 1000x better than IE 8 in both speed and protection against malware.
Also in terms of zero day browser exploits windows, IE is the worst according to Krebs security "If we count just the critical zero-days, there were at least 89 non-overlapping days (about three months) between the beginning of 2011 and Sept. 2012 in which IE zero-day vulnerabilities were actively being exploited."
Dude, have you tried IE10 on Windows 8 x64? That this IS the fastest browser yet on my PC and laptop. Personally I'm an Opera and Maxthon fan, but this time, IE10 took the lead. About the smoothness, you can feel it's there, is just not that smooth yet. Nothing a few updates can't solve though.
About security...yeah, for quite some time, Microsoft has been pushing IE (since v9) for it's security.
its more about how you use the browser, than how responsive it is.
i open several hundred tabs in firefox, and no other browser can handled that.
moveing from 3 to i believe nightly 8 was a HUGE step, moving from 8 to waterfox 10 was another gigantic impreovemnet, and now im considering the move from 10 to 15
under normal use, all the browsers are about the same, its when you take it to an extreme that you see a difference.