IE8 SmartScreen thwarts 1 billionth malware download

IE8 SmartScreen thwarts 1 billionth malware download

Filed under: Security, Microsoft, Browsers

Yes, this news is obviously a little bit of chest-pounding from the boys in Redmond, but there's no denying the stat is impressive. Internet Explorer 8's SmartScreen filter has blocked more than 1 billion malicious downloads.

SmartScreen is one of the many way IE8 is a big upgrade from previous versions of Microsoft's browser, and clearly a feature which is helping combat the rising tide of malware on the Web. While this is great news, it's a little bittersweet for me as a technician.

Judging by what I see on my service bench, IE8 users have clearly managed to persevere in the face of adversity. Their systems are typically more malware-laden than users who know about and use an alternative web browser.

Sigh.

[via The Windows Blog]

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