IE9 better protects against malware

GCN reports reports the browser beat out Google Chrome 12, Apple Safari 5, Mozilla Firefox 4 and Opera 11.

You’ll stay safer from social malware if you use Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9, according to NSS labs.

Government Computer News reports the browser beat out Google Chrome 12, Apple Safari 5, Mozilla Firefox 4 and Opera 11.

NSS labs conducted the tests and they say Internet Explorer 9 left the competition in the dust. The browser protected computers against 99 percent of social malware.

Google Chrome 12 placed second by protecting computers against only 13 percent of social malware.

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