Most Secure Browser? Chrome vs Firefox vs Edge

In this video we test the three most popular browsers, Chrome, Edge and Firefox vs 300 malware links to find the most secure browser.

[DeusAmentiam]

I think the test should be not just 300 malicious files, but a mix of legit and bad exes, to see also how many false positives there are

[marcmil]

The primary problem with that test methodology is the dataset itself. You source the dataset from any list or combination of lists. The browser developers basically do the same thing to feed their malware or malicious site detecting algorithm, which is possibly just as simple as "compare the checksums or URLs". So as long as they have a superset of these lists, they are guaranteed to perform well.
More interesting is e.g. what happens if you create slightly altered, functionally equivalent mutations of existing malware (e.g. by replacing xor %eax, %eax with mov %eax, 0 for example) or to download these files from benign looking URLs.

[itzmestevo]

This man must have at least 100GB ram to have 300 chrome tabs open 😂

[havarhen]

Good test, but I think a better one would be with just websites and no downloads. Might be a bit more difficult to do. Maybe open a page, and check if most of the page is red, and then close it again. This I think would be better because most browsers won't download exe-files that are uncommon. Also would be great if used with a list of very fresh links.

[lmnds]

You mentioned that Chrome/Edge had the notice of "not commonly downloaded" insinuating it was specific to them, but Firefox displayed virtually the exact same warning on many of the files. Arguably Firefox had an even better rate because its blocked % was 93% not counting any warnings (which were counted on the other two browsers).

[Chitus]

I am surprised by these results, as a lifelong Firefox user i am happy to see that it holds up and also surprised how strong Edge is. Great video and a note i will stick to Firefox.

[FlVE]

Edge doesn't deserve the amount of hate it gets. I have been a chrome user for the last 5 years or so but have started trying edge because of instability issues in chrome. From what i have seen, Egde is superior to chrome in almost every aspect. It is a lot more stable, consumes same or less resources than chrome, and has decent ui.

[rakuengrowlithe]

That is pretty cool. I'm still going to use Firefox though (although boosted with various add-ons). I know this was just a simple test but it's not so much browser security as browser security for downloading specific malware. That's not the only possible sort of attack and just because it's good at protecting against bad downloads, doesn't mean it protects against other vulnerabilities. It's also important to know how many safe downloads are incorrectly blocked. A browser which by default blocks all downloads would score 100% on this test but it would be a terrible browser.

[StiekemeHenk]

FireFox ain't chromium so Imma stick to that.

[HachikoTanuki]

It would have been good to have 300 maleware addresses and 300 legitimate addresses. I'm suspicious of Edge's 100% detection rate.

[makhauser]

Great video, thanks. I would still stick to Firefox Nightly with Edge as a backup, and Chrome not being installed at all on the machines, but it is good to know the spyware browser is good against malware (yes, I know the irony of YouTube and Chrome coming from the same company)

[michaelthomasross]

would be good to also test Brave, Tor, Vavaldi, and Opera

[json]

Crazy how all malware can be avoided by just not opening suspicious exes.

[arwlyx]

Enthusiast Edge user here, I know, we're rare.. When I get the prompt for an unpopular file, I usually double check to see if it's not some sketchy file, unless it's from a trusted website, then I just keep it.

[ChaoticDsTroYeR]

Been binging all of your videos since I found your channel Late yesterday. Now it's 4AM soon to be 5 and I'm still watching.
Thx for testing, showing and teaching us the ways to stay safe on the web and keeping our own information private and secure.

[saint]

Agree with some previous posts. It would be interesting to see some tests on how these browsers perform with Malwarebytes browser guard and Unlock Origin plugins... then also a separate test if you change your dns to maybe Cloudflare's protected DNS servers or OpenDNS malware/adult protection dns servers.

[tehking]

I'd love to see this test done using some more obscure browsers like opera gx and brave

[occultya]

Would love to see Brave, Opera and Vivaldi next

[Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy]

I've personally noticed that Chrome Enhanced mode does make a difference with a decent amount of malicious sites especially ones that don't necessarily contain malware but instead are spam/scam sites that pop up with warnings that "Microsoft/McAfee/etc. has detected that your computer is compromised/infected/etc"

[DevishMend]

It would be really interesting how Brave performs in this test considering it's also Chromium based like Edge. Anyway - great video! 👍