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Internet Explorer 8: Stay safer online

Want to learn how the latest Web browser from Microsoft offers increased protection against phishing, malware, and other online threats?

Internet Explorer 8 provides you and your family with a safer online experience with features like the SmartScreen filter.

SmartScreen is a set of technologies designed to help protect you from evolving Web and social engineering threats.

SmartScreen is “URL reputation-based,” which means that it evaluates both the Web addresses of servers hosting downloads and of potential phishing sites to determine if those sites are known to distribute malicious programs or steal personal information.