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<DIV class=month>Jul</DIV>
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<P>The SmartScreen team just informed me that we’ve reached an amazing milestone
– Internet Explorer 8 has blocked 1 billion attempts to download malware!</P>
<P>Socially engineering attacks like malware are a growing threat on the
internet and are one of the most common risks to people’s safety online. We
introduced malware protection in Internet Explorer 8 as part of <A
href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2008/07/02/ie8-security-part-iii-smartscreen-filter.aspx">the
SmartScreen Filter</A> and have <A
href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2009/08/13/internet-explorer-8-offers-better-protection-against-socially-engineered-malware-threats.aspx">talked
about it</A> on the <A
href="http://windowsteamblog.com/Windows/b/windowsexperience/">Windows
Experience Blog</A> a <A
href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2010/03/05/internet-explorer-8-still-the-best-at-staying-safe-while-browsing-the-web.aspx">couple
of times</A> over the last year.</P>
<P>Here are a couple of quick facts about Internet Explorer and malware as we
hit this 1 billion blocks milestone:</P>
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<LI>NSS Labs have recognized the Internet Explorer 8 SmartScreen Filter as a
leader in protection against Socially Engineered Malware in their <A
href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2009/08/13/real-world-protection-with-ie8-s-smartscreen-filter.aspx">August
2009</A> and <A
href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/03/05/ie8-smartscreen-filter-protecting-users-at-internet-scale.aspx">March
2010</A> reports which compared Internet Explorer 8 to Chrome, Firefox and
others.
<LI>Our malware block rates continue to improve because we continue to improve
the SmartScreen service back-end. For example, in August 2009 we had blocked
<A
href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2009/08/13/real-world-protection-with-ie8-s-smartscreen-filter.aspx">about
70 million attempts to download malware</A> or about 18 million blocks per
month. At the time, <A
href="http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=2&qpcal=1&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=127">according
to Net Applications</A>, about 15% of the internet population used Internet
Explorer 8. In the last two months, we’ve blocked 100 million attempts to
download malware. Last month, according to Net Applications, nearly <A
href="http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=2&qpcal=1&qpcal=1&qpcal=1&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=138">26%
of the internet population</A> uses Internet Explorer 8. There are 1.7 times
more users on Internet Explorer 8 than August 2009 but we’re blocking 5 times
more malware month on month.</LI></UL>
<P>1 billion malware blocks is an amazing milestone and an example of two
things. First socially engineered attacks like malware continue to be a real
threat for users on the web. Second, to help <A
href="http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2010/06/17/new-internet-explorer-tv-ad-goes-live-today.aspx">keep
you safe</A> online your browser needs to continually enhance and improve its
service. We have got better and better at blocking malware through the
SmartScreen Filter because we have continued to invest in our back end service
since we released IE8 in March 2009. It’s this investment that has kept us at
the top of the socially engineering malware charts <A
href="http://nsslabs.com/test-reports/NSSLabs_Q12010_BrowserSEM_Summ_FINAL.pdf">according
to NSS Labs</A> and has helped our customers stay safe online.</P>
<P>If you haven’t already upgraded to Internet Explorer 8, now would be a great
time to do so at <A href="http://www.microsoft.com/ie">www.microsoft.com/ie</A>
. If you’ve already upgraded, you can check that SmartScreen Filter is enabled
by going to the Safety Menu and clicking on SmartScreen Filter. If the menu
gives you the option to “Turn Off SmartScreen Filter”, the SmartScreen Filter is
switched on.</P>
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<P>James Pratt, Senior Product Manager</P>
<P>Internet Explorer Business and Marketing
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