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[Updated 29/12/2018] Browser extension comparison: Malwares and Phishings
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 764273" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>Definitely <span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"><strong>'Network Protection'</strong></span> on Windows 10 is not the same as SmartScreen on IE or Edge or <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/windows-defender-browser/bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml" target="_blank">Windows Defender Browser Protection</a> .</p><p><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"><strong>The first, </strong></span>can block mostly malicious files on websites the others blocks websites. So using <span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"><strong>the first</strong></span>, the user can browse the legal website which has been hacked - only the malicious content (*.ico, *.jpg, etc.) is blocked. This can be probably a disadvantage when we have a truly malicious website which malicious content is changing frequently. In fact, both <span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"><strong>'Network Protection'</strong></span> and SmartScreen anti-phishing filter in Edge (IE) can use SmartScreen Reputation Cloud, but in a different way. For example, every website which had something blocked by <span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"><strong>'Network Protection'</strong></span> will also be blocked by SmartScreen in Edge for some time, even when the malicious file is removed from the website.</p><p>If so, then the detection of SmartScreen in Edge will be always better for truly malicious websites and 'Network Protection' will always produce less false positives on legal hacked websites.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 764273, member: 32260"] Definitely [COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)][B]'Network Protection'[/B][/COLOR] on Windows 10 is not the same as SmartScreen on IE or Edge or [URL='https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/windows-defender-browser/bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml']Windows Defender Browser Protection[/URL] . [COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)][B]The first, [/B][/COLOR]can block mostly malicious files on websites the others blocks websites. So using [COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)][B]the first[/B][/COLOR], the user can browse the legal website which has been hacked - only the malicious content (*.ico, *.jpg, etc.) is blocked. This can be probably a disadvantage when we have a truly malicious website which malicious content is changing frequently. In fact, both [COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)][B]'Network Protection'[/B][/COLOR] and SmartScreen anti-phishing filter in Edge (IE) can use SmartScreen Reputation Cloud, but in a different way. For example, every website which had something blocked by [COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)][B]'Network Protection'[/B][/COLOR] will also be blocked by SmartScreen in Edge for some time, even when the malicious file is removed from the website. If so, then the detection of SmartScreen in Edge will be always better for truly malicious websites and 'Network Protection' will always produce less false positives on legal hacked websites. [/QUOTE]
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