NSS Labs Browser Report Says IE Is the Best, Google Disagrees 205
adeelarshad82 writes "Independent testing company NSS Labs recently published a report on the ability of popular browsers to block socially engineered malware attack URLs. The test, funded by Microsoft, reported a 99 percent detection rate by Internet Explorer 9 beta, 90 percent by Internet Explorer 8, and 3 percent by Google Chrome. However, Google doesn't entirely approve of this report's focus and conclusions. According to Google not only didn't the report use Chrome 6 for the tests, the current version is Chrome 8; it also focused just on socially engineered malware, while excluding vulnerabilities in plug-ins or browsers themselves. Google defended its browser by claiming that it was built with security in mind and emphasized protection of users from drive-by downloads and plug-in vulnerabilities."
Attack urls? (Score:3, Funny)
In a recent study of women... (Score:5, Funny)
...researchers discovered that hot supermodels would be most fulfilled in a relationship with Slashdot user GodfatherofSoul*.
* This study funded by GodfatherofSoul
Re:Attack urls? (Score:4, Funny)
So basically, IE9 does a good job at protecting morons who download everything they see... from themselves.