Most Secure Browser: Internet Explorer 8

They've been testing intensively the latest browsers (Apple Safari 4, Google Chrome 2, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, Mozilla Firefox 3* and Opera 10 Beta)** to compare their security models and APIs.

[nillort]

Firefox > IE

[gamesR4fun]

roalf

[ATY]

Next up on blogs.msdn.com:

Most Reliable Console: Xbox 360

Google's Chrome FTW - Speed puts all other browsers to shame, memory protection for tabs and Javascript. Makes Firefox feel as outdated as when I dump IE for Firefox years ago

[TheIneffableBob]

NSS Labs is who did the report, though.

[Hoolock]

and im extremely impressed, im yet to have one issue with it doing anything. Im using most of the time now

[Berdy]

GOOGLE CHROME FTW!!!

[Eddie20101]

That's a crock of sheitttt, when I use IE 8 and then run AdAware afterwards, AdAware finds spyware on my system, when I run Firefox or Google Chrome and then run AdAware afterwards, AdAware finds no Spyware.

[evrfighter]

you're an idiot if you let a blog heat you up. this is directed at no one yet every one that reads it.

[ThanatosDMC]

IE8 is a spyware, malware, and adware combined.

[Major_Tom]

*Queues music* Proooooooooopooogaaanda time c'mon!

[swiftshot93]

SSIIIIIIIKKKKEE

Chrome>IE

[xb0x_trashie]

ms software always have viruses and never fixed the bugs

ms fail

[corywebb93]

Dont use linux by sony you will get viruses and your computer will brick like your ps3

[xb0x_trashie]

chrome, firefox all other browser > IE8

ms fail agaaiin

[GiantEnemyCrab]

OH noes! A positive Microsoft article! AAATTTAACCCKK!

[Max Power]

its more because its a delusional and stupefying blog post, but that's just my opinion of course, which will vary person to person.

[swiftshot93]

Do you honestly think IE is the best? Seriously?

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Nah, I use firefox but the venom in the posts is lame. This study was not done by Microsoft or MSN it was done by and outside firm and they are simply reporting it.

If they say it's more secure who am I to say they are being deceptive.

I have not tried IE8 yet and it could very well be better.

"its a delusional and stupefying blog post"

MS has nothing to do with this study. Here is the site that conducted and reported this information. MSN is just making a story about it. Delusional and stupefying? Whatever.

http://nsslabs.com/

[Godmars290]

So if it was independent, why does the writer make an issue of first stating the cost of doing the study, then asking all the other browser makers to participate yet declining. Does this mean that MS either supplied the resources to do the test, or that the test itself was limited because of costs.

[Max Power]

pimped out with security add-ons, so I'm good.

[poindat]

I didn't really "get" why everyone loved Firefox so much until I discovered what an amazing variety of apps there are. They have changed my browsing experience so much that I can't even imagine going back to IE now.

[TheTruth89]

WHAT???
IE 8?

Is that the real world?

[NotSoSilentBob]

Is this surprising coming from a MS site?

[NMC2007]

I think IE is the best......... but I use firefox.

[LukaX23]

I'm fine with Safari.

[militant07]

i use internet explorer and happy with it, i have firefox and chrome tried them both they are good.

but i feel more comfortable with IE

[The Great Melon]

Do you have adblock+ or noscript on your Firefox? If not, I suggest you install them right away and try Firefox again. Wouldn't surf any other way.

[HDgamer]

MS claiming that their Browswer IE is the most secure. Hmmm, Firefox for me.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

MS is not claiming it the company who conducted the study did and they are simply reporting it.

http://nsslabs.com/

They are an independent lab.

This is what I'm talking about in my earlier post.

[Halo_Reach]

But i still using Google Chrome 4 BETA now and Firefox just for some things...

Google Chrome is my main broswer.

[Saaking]

What a joke. IE SUCKS. Firefox ftw!

[Halo_Reach]

Fast and Safe , nice things on it.

[Saaking]

sure bot, keep telling yourself that.

[Chriswsm]

Wonder who will be ahead after the next upgrade?

[Vicophine]

IE8 is not bad, but Chrome, FF, and Opera blow it away.

I don't really like Safari, but I have it.

[cmrbe]

Its the best.

[Mr Bean Laden]

Just got Snow Leopard today for Mac and Safari 4 is the best browser I've ever used, and I own a PC and Mac and have used all the browsers. Safari 4 is the best

[Kakkoii]

This article is bullshit on the security warnings. IE8 isn't the only one that does that. Firefox gives warnings for unsafe sites also.

[Obama]

Firefox > IE 8. Noone wants to use IE anymore except for uninformed users.

[z1ck]

i use ie8 but only because of the Avant browser . but firefox and chrome are much better than ie .

[HarukoHex]

Firefox is really starting to bug me, its been giving me errors alot lately. as well. T_T everytime I start it up, I get this stupid update, no matter how many times I allow the update and it completes itself its always starts over the next time I start up.

add on top of that its causing youtube to lag and giving me error load messages on twitter and facebook. Its getting old.

If anyone knows the reasons behind this could you let me know.

[Millah]

Thats most likely a problem with your Windows install than anything else. Try running a registry cleaner and some kind of spyware removal.

[Kakkoii]

You most likely have a virus or an error in your windows installation. It's not Firefox's fault.

Download and run Spybot Search & Destroy. And also a virus scan wit hany other programs you may have.

Then pirate Auslogics Boostspeed and run it's registry scanner.

[LoneGun]

How did IE8 get so good at blocking attacks? Simple, most of those attacks are targeted at IE at the first place! It's just too funny. ActiveX is the biggest warm on your system. As long as you have that enabled, you will get infected when you use internet explorer, period!

Whenever I use IE8, all I know is whenever I'm on a china or eastern european website, there's a extremely high chance of being infected using IE8 when I get on there.

[Millah]

This MIGHT have been believable if they didn't make IE8 look drastically more secure. I have a hard time believing that IE8 is that far ahead of Firefox in security, just based on my actual usage. I get more spyware and malware on my system without question using IE8. Its not even a question. I wonder what kind of criteria they used on the test, they can easily inflate numbers like that doing a biased study.

[C_Dub]

I was a Firefox user from the early days of 0.8 up to the most recent 3.5 release. When Chrome hit the tubes, I instantly went for it and it was like using FF for the first time coming from IE. I loved it. I'm now on Chrome 3 Beta and it's great. I look forward to watching Chrome grow as I did with Firefox.

[gamesR4fun]

jus wait till the OS drops things are gonna change in a big way

where yur pc ends and the web begins being redrawn by those guys at google.

as for this 'story' its jus vomit worthy ie8 safe lol i pity the fool who believes that.

[hates video games]

Get over it! I haven't used IE for many years now. Does it still have active x controls?

[nemesis enforcer]

Since when? I have firefox, with some plugins (Better privacy, Noscript and WOT) and they have the same functionality, so, someone here is trying to misinform us... I noticed that IE spend many resources of the pc, so it's not strange after all!

[memphis2]

come on people...read the url. it's a microsoft site. gee i wonder why they say IE8 is the most secure of them all. hmmm. we all know IE is the worse in security.

[SteveSmith]

Maybe it's because I have viruses or spyware (altough I always used protection against those), but I have a really bad problem with Internet Explorer 8. Often I click on links and open new windows and nothing loads at all, even after 20 minutes. So I have to open like 3 new windows just for having one that works. I have not tried another browser, so I don't really know if dropping IE8 would solve the problem.

[lizard81288]

http://www.wired.com/images...

i don't like IE8, i've got FireFox 3.5 IIRC. the only thing IE 8 does better is it starts up faster, like if i selected FF, and IE, and pressed enter, IE would pop up quicker, but by the time the web page loads, FF pops up, then loads faster than it.