IE8 Blocked 275 Million Pieces of Malware

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    IE8 Blocked 275 Million Pieces of Malware


    Posted: 02 Dec 2009
    IE8 Blocked 275 Million Pieces of Malware

    Since it was introduced



    Microsoft continues to beat the drum of Internet Explorer 8’s superiority in terms of security compared to rival browser. The Redmond company has used the Black Friday and Cyber Monday days, and the boost in online shopping associated with the two post-Thanksgiving dates, to stress the importance of running a secure browser for end users that do their shopping online. According to statistics made available by the software giant, IE8 managed to block in excess of 275 million pieces of malware since the browser was introduced.

    “To date, Internet Explorer 8 has delivered over 275 Million malware blocks. And as of September, Internet Explorer 8 is blocking 1 in every 200 downloads that appear as malicious. Internet Explorer 8 also helps protect your privacy with InPrivate Browsing,” explained Brandon LeBlanc, Windows Communications manager on the Windows Client Communications Team.


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    IE8 Blocked 275 Million Pieces of Malware - Since it was introduced - Softpedia
    neoasr's Avatar Posted By: neoasr
    02 Dec 2009



  1. Posts : 124
    W7 64b - Leopard 10.6.2 - Ubuntu 10.10 (MBP Snow Leopard 10.6.3)
       #1

    Too bad it did not block IE8
    Last edited by Boris; 19 Feb 2010 at 18:07.
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  2. Posts : 231
    Win7
       #2

    No matter, I'll keep using FF, thank you very much.
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  3. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #3

    Lets see that means that it let about 50 billion, billion pieces of malware through.
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       #4

    zigzag3143 said:
    Lets see that means that it let about 50 billion, billion pieces of malware through.
    Probably more.

    Boris said:
    To bad it did not block IE8
    I did get a warning about "Possible Malware"

    ZeshanA
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  5. wee
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    XP/W7/Lucid/Arch
       #5

    IE8 gets you the latest adware cookies though. FF is a much better and safer browser.
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       #6

    wee said:
    IE8 gets you the latest adware cookies though. FF is a much better and safer browser.
    I went all out and use Google Chrome, one of the fastest and most secure browsers ever made. Whoever thought of individual processes for each tab/plug-in is a GENIUS!!!

    ZeshanA
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  7. Posts : 238
    7 Ultimate x64, Vista Ultimate x64, 7 Pro x64, XP Pro x86, Linux Mint Nadia Cinnamon
       #7

    wee said:
    IE8 gets you the latest adware cookies though. FF is a much better and safer browser.
    Couldn't agree more.
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  8. wee
    Posts : 101
    XP/W7/Lucid/Arch
       #8

    ZeshanA said:
    wee said:
    IE8 gets you the latest adware cookies though. FF is a much better and safer browser.
    I went all out and use Google Chrome, one of the fastest and most secure browsers ever made. Whoever thought of individual processes for each tab/plug-in is a GENIUS!!!

    ZeshanA
    Fast but far from the most secure.

    I would also add that I would never use IE8 or MS software to do on line shopping the browser and software is virus/malware central if you want to due safe online shopping use a open source that has no know malware on the web.
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  9. Posts : 256
    windows 7 home prem 64 bit
       #9

    it cant be that good its let malware through to cause the black screen
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