When is comes to surfing the Internet, most people use Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Specifically, 93% of users use these top three browsers according to a recent The Register study. There are a smattering of Safari users out there, but only because their iPhones and Macs come by default with this browser.
These three browsers, Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer (IE) are all pretty much the same speed. This comparison is without any toolbars, add-ins, and plug-ins. The more you add those fluff items, the less speed you have. So, then the question remains, which Internet browser is the most secure?
The study to determine the best browser security was performed on similar performing Windows 7 computers. All browsers include an anti-exploitation technology. In non-computer support terms, that’s a way to prevent someone to throw a virus on your computer through the browser. Keep in mind that the majority of computer viruses occur via Internet browsers. That’s why having a secure browser is critical to your computer’s health. Chrome’s has the best anti-exploitation technology support to guard against viruses. Of course, Google, the maker of Chrome, doesn’t display its code for all virus creators to see, but their code is the best since Chrome is constantly communicating with Google servers to protect your privacy.
The study was big on determining the way each browser used its sandbox technology. Sandboxing is computer lingo for computer security. Specifically, each browser has to know how to interact with foreign, untrusted, or unverified websites, third-party software, or users. When code is written, it can’t be written for 100% of the objects and data on the Internet, so sandboxing deals with the code not written for. Apparently, Chrome’s sandbox architecture are more thorough in blocking a virus or computer spyware attack when unknown sites or software present themselves. IE comes next and then Firefox in last place with their sandbox technology. Part of Chrome’s success is its constant updates that protect against known vulnerabilities.
If you’re not reading this in Chrome, you may want to rethink your browser choice for the sake of your computer security.
