IE 9 Catches Most Web-Based Malware Attacks, Test Shows

A new report shows that the latest version of Internet Explorer, equipped with some new anti-malware functionality, catches more Web-based malware attacks than any of the other major browsers on the market. IE 9 caught nearly 100 percent of the attacks thrown at it in a new test done by NSS Labs...

Internet Explorer 9 Rated Tops in Blocking Malware

In a test designed to analyze various Web browsers’ abilities to protect European users against socially engineered malware attacks, researchers at NSS Labs determined that Internet Explorer 8 and 9 were significantly more effective at curbing malicious downloads than were the other major browser...

IE9 Adds Application Reputation Filter

The latest version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer promises to make it harder for malicious hackers to push dodgy Web applications onto end user systems, with a new Application Reputation filter. In their latest post, the Internet Explorer Weblog, the company details the ways in which IE 9 and i...