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Interesting. Thanks Aaron.
A study by NSS Labs of 6 major web browsers shows a large difference in their ability to block "socially engineered malware.
more: Security WatchThe study shows IE8 and it's new SmartScreen filter head and shoulders above all other browsers. "Socially engineered malware," as they put it, is arguably the most important form of malware these days. We've reported on it many times in the last year, with recent examples here , here and here . The basic idea is that the user is enticed into visiting a web site and downloading malware believing it to be something else. The study was funded by Microsoft but the methodology was designed and the tests executed by NSS Labs.
Full NSS Labs Report PDF here
I'm seriously considering switching to IE8 as my main browser instead of chromium... there's lots of stuff I like, but it's so not minimalist... Lol. And using it more, it really isn't as slow as I thought at first. Perhaps MS wasn't lying about IE performing well in real-world browser situations.
Now if I could just find some way to make it smaller....