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This week, Net Applications released their January browser market share report. Their report shows that Internet Explorer 8 is not only the most popular browser on Windows with 27.9% usage share, but that it now has 25.6% of market share across all OS’s on a worldwide-weighted usage share basis (data provided by Net Applications). We launched just less than a year ago, so it’s both humbling and thrilling to see so many people choose our product so quickly – making it the most popular browser of choice worldwide.
There are many reasons people choose which browser to use. Most people want to know and trust the company behind their browser. And people are looking a browser that protects them – and their privacy online. In an August 13th, 2009 post on the IEBlog, we announced Internet Explorer 8’s SmartScreen Filter had hit over 80 million malware blocks. But that was back in August. As of today, Internet Explorer 8 has done over 350 million malware blocks. You can see Internet Explorer 8’s SmartScreen Filter in action in this blog post. Internet Explorer 8’s SmartScreen Filter blocks malware over 2 million times a day.
Continue: Internet Explorer 8 Officially Becomes World’s Most-Used Browser - Windows Experience Blog - The
France joins Germany warning against Internet Explorer
By Jonathan Fildes
Technology reporter, BBC News
France has echoed calls by the German government for web users to find an alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to protect security.
Certa, a government agency that oversees cyber threats, warned against using all versions of the web browser.
Germany warned users on Friday after malicious code - implicated in attacks on Google - was published online.
But Microsoft told BBC News that IE8 was the "most secure browser on the market" and people should upgrade.
Cliff Evans, head of security and privacy, said that so far the firm had only seen malicious code that targeted the older version of its browser, IE6.
"The risk is minimal," he said.
For a web user to be affected, he said, they would have to be using IE6 and visit a compromised website.
"There are very few of them out there," he told BBC News.
However, if this did occur, a PC could become infected with a "trojan horse", allowing a hacker to take control of the computer and potentially steal sensitive information.
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"We launched just less than a year ago, so it’s both humbling and thrilling to see so many people choose our product so quickly – making it the most popular browser of choice worldwide."
Excuse me?
Since when has IE ever been an actual choice? First.. it comes standard with the OS.. so everyone with Windows has it to begin with.
Second, IE 7 and IE 8 become "critical security updates" listed on Windows Update.. so, again it's not a choice people have. If so, it would be listed in the Optional updates.
The vast majority of users have WU set to Automatic. The browser is downloaded by default, and only then do you have a choice to install it if you're paying attention.
This political statement is getting old...
I've watched plenty of videos on YouTube from those willing to show the differences in browsers being attacked by viruses, and yes .. it's true that older software will take a system down. That's obvious!
Point is... keep your software up to date!!
Tires are popular because they come standard on any vehicle!! However, Firestone can only stand up and shout if people have chosen to use their tires!!
MS.. get the picture??