Well, to be fair, I better discuss an article I found in Dark Reading that has some information on the very topic I wrote about last week. I made the statement that my preference for browser was Chrome and that I was delighted to read about some of the security measures Chrome has in place. Then I find this article that has some pretty impressive statistics that in NSS Labs browser tests, IE is better at stopping malware than Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Check out these statistics!
The tests were to determine how the browsers defended against malware associated with bank fraud, stealing of log in credentials, phony antivirus, and click fraud. The were conducted from 12/2/11 to 5/25/12 on identical virtual machines running Windows 7
Blocked by percentage
in general for click fraud
IE 9 95 96.6
Chrome 15 - 19 33 1.6
Firefox 7 - 13 < 6 0.8
Safari 5 < 6 0.7
NSS Labs says to expect a big increase in click fraud in 2013. They also recommend that users of the increasingly popular Chrome apply pressure to Google to juice up their protection features in Chrome and it's API against click fraud.
Some interesting features of click fraud; the average life span of the URL is 32 hours. More than half die off within 54 hours. Mostly, ad buyers are affected by click fraud, however those infected also get infected with other malware.
You may read the source article at:
http://www.darkreading.com/risk-management/167901115/security/client-security/240008100/internet-explorer-blocks-more-malware-than-firefox-chrome-safari.html?cid=nl_DR_daily_2012-09-28_html&elq=4789eee338c641d4b5be29768e5692e3
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