A report on Browser Security testing by NSS Labs shows that Internet Explorer 8 security is far better than Firefox, catching 81 percent of "live threats" vs. only 54 percent caught by Firefox 3, which came in second place.
The tests include rating the browser's protection against malicious software using socially engineering and phishing attacks.
The lab tested the most recent versions of Microsoft's IE8, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Google Chrome, and Opera. Opera caught a mere 2 percent of the threats.
