Putting a bull's-eye on Web-based threats, Opera has formed a partnership with Haute Secure, a security vendor founded in 2006, to protect users from rogue sites known to distribute malware as well as from links users might click on that would lead to malicious software downloads.

The fruits of this union will arrive in the upcoming Opera 9.5 browser.

The two-pronged approach of protecting against both drive-by malware and malicious links puts the browser a step ahead of Firefox, which only addresses the former, said Thomas Ford, global communications manager at Opera.

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