Microsoft Extends SmartScreen To Foil Malvertising and Exploit Kits (windows.com)

itwbennett writes: With the latest update for Windows 10, Microsoft has extended SmartScreen to block drive-by attacks in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11, the Microsoft Edge Team said Wednesday in a blog post. The new capability is based on the security intelligence that Microsoft receives from multiple products such as Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Bing, Windows Defender and the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET). Thanks to this data, which includes behavioral telemetry, SmartScreen can even detect attacks that exploit zero-day vulnerabilities, according to Microsoft. The company is also revoking trust for a bunch of certificate authorities starting in January.

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Does anyone actually care?

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Personally, I only use IE at work to access internal sites that require it. When browsing the real Intertubes - either at work or home - I use Firefox with NoScript and several other Add-Ons that help keep me protected and private and in control of my browsing experience - or, at least, I believe relatively much more so than IE can.