Microsoft Website YourBrowserMatters for browser security

www.YourBrowserMatters.org - Microsoft launches a new website for browser security.This website aimed to help Internet users to identifity how secure their web browser really is.This website shows a score from 0 to 4 just how secure they are when they visit different websites. Microsoft said"24.4% of all the web browsers are outdated and insecure, 15.2% includes internet explorer 6 and internet explorer 7 and also 7.5% are older versions of Mozilla Firefox.

In their breakdown by country USA appears to be the first worst offender with just under 22 million computers are using older version and insecure browsers. Brazil is in the second position with 7 million, france is in the third wih 5 million, UK has 4.2 million and china is under 4 million.More then 25% of all browser usage in China still using internet explorer 6.

Microsoft’s stats say that this 24.4% equates to around 340 million PCs worldwide.  In a statement they said…

With that in mind, we’ve partnered with the Anti-Phishing League, Identity Theft Council, and Online Trust Alliance to raise awareness of the critical role browsers play in online security and make it as easy as possible for people to protect themselves.

This new website will help people to find out the leaks and security issues in the browser so that users will able to choose a healthy secure browser.There is useful information there are on what malware is , with a useful video for the uninitiated. There is also information on what modern browsers do to keep oeple safe when they are online and also help and advice on how you can stay safer when you are online. Also it it will show browser rating and problems i guess this is a very good idea for all internet users to use it to stay secure.

WEBSITE LINK - www.YourBrowserMatters.org