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Summary:

What is being testing? Drive-by downloads and exes malware

What isn't being testing? Browser exploits or phishing links

How is the test run? An automated script runs 200 malware links to download exes. How many malware links do the browsers detect (and block)?

The results: how many 200 links were blocked by each browser?

- Microsoft Edge: 100%

- Chrome: 99%

- Mozilla Firefox: 72.5%



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