Microsoft Explains How It’s Making Edge More Secure than Chrome and Firefox

Microsoft has introduced a new security feature for the new Windows 10 Edge browser that’s supposed to help the app offer better protection than rivals, including here Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, which are currently two of the most popular choices in this particular software category. Called Windows Defender Application Guard for Microsoft Edge, the new feature uses a system that’s similar to how virtual machines work in order to isolate threats and prevent them from accessing files and data stored on local drives. No access to data and credentials Microsoft explains in a detailed blog post which describes the new feature that it kicks in only when the user loads an untrusted or an unknown website, blocking access to memory, local storage, other installed apps, corporate networks and pretty much everything that would make the a...