Firefox 3.0 recorded usage share of web browsers. Estimates of Firefox 3.0's global market share were generally in the range of 4–5%, and then dropped as users migrated to Firefox 3.5 and later Firefox 3.6. Partially as a result of this, between mid-December 2009 and the end of January 2010, Firefox 3.5 was the most popular browser (when counting individual browser versions), passing Internet Explorer 7. Mozilla ended support for Firefox 3 on March 30, 2010 with the release of 3.0.19. Firefox 3.0 was developed under the codename "Gran Paradiso". This, like other Firefox codenames, is the name of an actual place;
Internet Explorer 9 URLs, and Application Reputation to detect untrustworthy executables—provides the best socially engineered malware blocking of any stable browser version. Internet Explorer 9 blocked 92 percent of malware with its URL-based filtering, and 100 percent with Application-based filtering enabled. Internet Explorer 8, in second place, blocked 90 percent of malware. Tied for third place were Safari 5, Chrome 10, and Firefox 4, each blocking just 13 percent. Bringing up the rear was Opera 11, blocking just 5 percent of malware. Due to technical improvements of the browser, the Internet Explorer developer team decided to change the user agent (UA) string. The