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Microsoft aims at IE6 holdouts, highlights security
Closed Published December 7th, 2009 in Browser Security, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Security
One of the ways Microsoft plans to push Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 users to upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 is convincing them the latest version is much more secure, which it is. Dean Hachamovitch, general manager of Internet Explorer, last week posted a story on the IEBlog about how IE8 managed to block a malicious webpage he was linked to by one of his close friends on Facebook.
What we found more interesting though, was when Hachamovitch put this feature a bit more into perspective: "IE8’s SmartScreen now blocks malware sites over two million times a day." So far, the browser has blocked 275 million pieces of malware since it launched. Microsoft aims at IE6 holdouts, highlights security
