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A good news for IE fans. Upgraded IE8 helps protect you from today's threats, including malware and phishing, as well as emerging threats that can compromise your computer without your knowledge. Other browsers either don't offer you this level of protection or require you to download and configure third-party add-ons to get it, but with Internet Explorer 8 you get it right out of the box.

Internet Explorer 8’s SmartScreen Filter has delivered more than 70 million blocks in the first four months since IE8’s official release, for a cumulative total of 80 million blocks.
This data is a strong indication of the value of the protection SmartScreen provides, and of just how widespread socially-engineered malware attacks are on the web today.
The SmartScreen filter is a set of technologies designed to help protect users from evolving web and social engineering threats. If the SmartScreen filter detects a malicious website, Internet Explorer 8 will block the entire site. It can also provide a "surgical block" of malware or phishing hosted on legitimate websites – blocking just the malicious content without affecting the rest of the site.



Another new feature we have added is protection from malicious downloads – if you attempt a download that has been reported as unsafe, Internet Explorer 8 will block and warn you about that as well. Of course, you'll still have the option to continue with the download if you're certain that it is safe.



While we recommend all users keep the SmartScreen turned on, you can enable or disable it at any time. You can also help improve the web for everyone by reporting suspected malicious sites.