NSS Labs Browser Report Says IE Is the Best, Google Disagrees

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."

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Who cares? Not Joe six-pack...

[crovira]

Same ol' Microsoft FUD.

They're closing the barn door after the barn burnt down and all the horses are bolted.

Just ask them how Bing is doing to hear paeans about how well that's doing.

Switching the rails on the flacks is trivial, you just have to ask 'em the right question.

Fact is that Microsoft OWNS the business desktop and business things tied to it, but THAT'S ALL.

Browsing is something that occurs OFF the business desktop and NOBODY TRUSTS MICROSOFT not to rat them out to the corporate IT department.

That's why Chrome is a fast riser.

That's why Google is so big in web searches.

That's why Android is the "up and coming" and phone app system.

That's why Apple OWNS the consumer "Intelligent Appliance" space (iPod, iPad, IPhone, Macs of all stripes,)

That's why Nintendo, Sony and X-Box are ducking it out over CONTENT (the best game experience,) in the console space,.

Screw Microsoft... They've been screwing your workplace for years.

For 90% of workers, the money that is spent on IT is money that comes out of THEIR pockets.

Be afraid... BE VERY AFRAID /.ers,