And while they offer factual evidence for the performance of a particular product or browser over a specific period of time, the results do not necessarily reflect the big picture, which in 2013 has to do with increased quality assurance (QA) applied by cybercriminalsīuilt-in phishing protection is among the many other factors to take into consideration before making a switch: Although Opera indeed outperformed competing browsers in anti-phishing protection, it doesn't necessarily mean it outperformed competing browsers when it comes to built-in security mechanisms in general. Time period-specific results: What users and decision makers need to keep in mind is that the results from these comparative reviews are time sensitive, rather than being 100 percent conclusive. There's a special crowd of Internet users who are prone to make impulsive switches to a new product or browser, every time a new study or comparative review is released. None of the browsers triggered a "false phishing alarm." What kind of conclusions we can draw based on the these results, and what should decision makers keep in mind when considering a company-wide browser switch? Mozilla Firefox: 54,8 percent detection rate for the phishing URLs used in the test. Google Chrome: 72.4 percent detection rate for the phishing URLs used in the testĪpple Safari: 65.6 percent detection rate for the phishing URLs used in the test Internet Explorer: 82 percent detection rate for the phishing URLs used in the test Opera: 94.2 percent detection rate of the phishing URLs used in the test
The comparative review used 294 phishing URLs and tested the following browsers: According to the most recently released comparative review by, Opera leads competing browsers in anti-phishing protection.