Malware Block Rate: Internet Explorer – 99%, Opera – 0%

[Daveski17]

I'd take this with a pinch of salt! Still, maybe Opera may get an adblocking extension that works one day.

[Bambo]

Well this is about "socially-engineered malware" so use IE and have fun I thought numbers were extremely obviously rigged when they were in the 80s, now closing in on 100%, heh.

[Daveski17]

LOL! Yeah, who do they think they're fooling?

[aigle]

I might well be rigged but it,s a fact that all downloads are screened by smart advisor in IE that has a very good detection due to the signature data base it uses. There is no such feature in FF or Opera I think.

[Bambo]

There is nothing wrong with IEs SmartScreen but numbers are screwed. They do have detailed info on how they test but using words like "real time" does not say much. I read it when they did their first test. Lots of holes to color result for sure. They did "screening" during process and such. Seems like evaluating IE hitrate looking at end result. Just playing with words, seems ok when you read it but no way to tell. They do not just race around clicking randomly bit.ly links, of course they have sources which rules outcome completely - as in most other tests. Test buzzwords like "Dynamic", "Real life", "Social" sources do not change that. At that time Microsoft was only sponsor of NSS Labs. Google, Opera, Mozilla would not participate.

Rigged is probably wrong word, would MS sponser rigged tests? Testing under certain conditions with chosen procedures sounds better

[Daveski17]

Well, as for downloading, as opposed to 'drive-bys' both Firefox & SeaMonkey use whatever resident AV you have to scan any download.

[Bambo]

Yes and so you use MSE since you now have associated Microsoft with "security" Mission accomplished.

[Daveski17]

Yeah, I suppose so. I do kinda rate MSE quite highly. I don't think I'll ever be much of a fan of IE though.

[Daveski17]

The big G fights back!

[funkydude]

Originally Posted by Daveski17

The big G fights back!

I guess that website is several days slow:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=288880

It's also sad that most of that response was complaints about what was tested. When the test makes it evidently clear what they were testing.

Basically a test lab has come forth and said, "Hey, were testing the ability of products to do X" and Google has responded with "But you didn't test the ability to do Y!!!". Err, the point was to test X, not Y.

Capable of blocking 99% of all socially-engineered malware

While there’s no patch for “problems” that actually sit between the chair and the computer monitor...

But yeah, NSS could provide more info, also I'm not sure why we have 2 threads about this.