IE8 best at blocking malware sites, says study By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (Mar 24)
"Microsoft-funded report claims new browser is more than twice as effective as Firefox"
Of course, the report did come from Microsoft. Of interest is the description of the kinds of attacks we might be subjected to.
+ "socially engineered malware: Sites that dupe visiting users into downloading attack code. Typically, the download is disguised, often as an update to popular software such as Adobe's Flash Player."
+ "sites that attack browsers without any user interaction, an increasingly common tactic by hackers who often infect legitimate sites with kits that try a number of different exploits in the hope of compromising an unpatched PC." [not tested for]
Browsers do offere protection against malware - mainly through reference to a blacklist.
Posted by Gwen at March 26, 2009 06:29 PM