U.S. software giant Microsoft said Wednesday that 7.1 percent of all downloads on Internet Explorer are malicious programs, often called malware. While explaining the effectiveness of Application Reputation, a program designed to protect Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft revealed that IE9 and its predecessor IE8 block as many as 5 million malware attacks each day, PC Magazine reported Wednesday.
"Using reputation helps protect users from newly released malware programs -- pretending to be legitimate software programs -- that are not yet detected by existing defense mechanisms," said Jeb Haber, program manager for SmartScreen in an online posting.
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