Internet Explorer 8 has been quoted as the most-used browser in the world with 25.6 per cent of market share across all OS’s on a worldwide-weighted usage share basis.

The latest browser market share report issued in January, Net Applications, also classified Internet Explorer 8 as the most popular browser on Windows.

“Internet Explorer 8 was launched just less than a year ago, so it’s both humbling and thrilling to see so many people choose our product so quickly – making it the most popular browser of choice worldwide,” said a spokesman for Microsoft.

“These results come at the right time, especially in light of announcements from a handful of companies including Google and some government organisations recommending that people move off the Internet Explorer 6 to a modern browser.”

“Iin August last year, Internet Explorer 8’s SmartScreen Filter had hit over 80 million malware blocks. Today however, Internet Explorer 8 has done over 350 million malware blocks with malware blocks now reaching over 2 million times a day,” he said.

Microsoft recommended users to upgrade to the latest version of their browser. Internet Explorer 8 offered improvements in speed, security and reliability as well as new features designed for the way people use the web.

www.microsoft.com/malta

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