Why Microsoft thinks that Edge is safer than Google Chrome and Firefox

Microsoft’s claim is based on a report by NSS Labs Company, a business that sell threat intelligence and risk mitigation guidance to company. The report tested 304 examples of Socially Engineered Malwares (SEM) and phishing page. They found that SmartScreen, a security feature in Edge, blocked 99% of the SEM samples. Chrome blocked 85.8%, and Firefox blocked 78.3%. SmartScreen Is Just Part of the Picture To understand what this means, you need to understand how SmartScreen work. Microsoft SmartScreen was first introduced in Internet Explorer 7 as “Phishing Filter,” and has been improved upon in each release since. Chrome and Firefox

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Why Microsoft thinks that Edge is safer than Google Chrome and Firefox
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