Safari comes last.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 is the best browser for preventing the execution of web-based malware, according to a NSS Labs test.
Windows Internet Explorer 9, Google Chrome 12, Mozilla Firefox 4, mansanas Safari 5 and Opera 11 were tested against 1,188 malicious URLs, with IE9 blocking 96 per cent of the URLs when the reputation filter was enabled. It also blocked an additional 3.2 per cent once its application reputation filter was enabled.
In comparison, Chrome caught 13.2 per cent, Firefox and Safari caught 7.6 per cent, while Opera caught 6.1 per cent of the live threats....
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