The browser is how most people access the Internet, and with the proliferation of malware online today, it is one of the first lines of defense in helping to protect systems.
Each new browser version can offer new capabilities, protections, and fixes for vulnerabilities. This means that a newer browser is often safer than its predecessor. It turns out, Microsoft Malware Protection Center’s data analysis reinforces this theory.
Computer security professionals often remind people to regularly update their software, and Microsoft makes it easy to update our products, including Internet Explorer through
Microsoft Update. Similarly, other top browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox try to keep people updated with the latest versions. However, as past
Security Intelligence Reports have shown, many systems today are not taking advantage of the latest protections by upgrading their browsers and other applications to the most recent versions.
