Chrome is the most secure browser, and is very resistant to hacking attempts. It has survived 2 years of the Pwn@own hacking contest. (basically a top hacking tournament for $$$.) Apple's Safari is the worst browser, but even IE8 fell within minutes. FF lasted longer, but was still hacked. Chrome survived the entire day, and only fell on day 2 after the rules were relaxed to allow browser plug-ins to gain exploits.
Another consideration is market share. IE by far has the largest market share, is often used by people who don't pay much mind to their pc, so most malware will target it. Chrome is a much smaller presence, hard/unable to be cracked, so is a far safer browser.
Ultimately it comes down to the basic programming structure of the browser that gives Chrome such a strong resilience. The idea is to never allow programs root control in the event of an exploit. "
Sandboxing" IOW,
damage control. Similar idea behind the security approaches for the Android OS.
FF is good as there are some nice innovations (that Ie likes to eventually copy) as well as a large plugin library. Chrome is more simplified and streamlined, but still a very rich and robust browser (which does have plugin capability, if you used them, which I'm guessing no.)
Overall, I would just use Chrome, esp if you are having security issues. Doesn't mean you can be careless, but its an extra layer of protection, which will let you "last longer" in those places you are browsing. ;)
Install it, run IE next to it, browse with both a while, then open up your Task Manager and look at the process view and see how much memory ea program is taking. IE is a porkpie compared to chrome.
http://arstechnica.com/security/news...wn-contest.ars
http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...one_of_Pwn2Own