I've been using the (free) IE-based Avant browser for the past 5 years or so, and never had a malware problem. It's always had tabs, and I've had over 30 open at a time with no loss of speed. You can disable java, active x, flash (no more dancing cowboys!), scripts, pictures, videos, block popups & ads from the menu. It has an RSS feed option, also an autofil, a language translator, resizer, and will work with a proxy.

A long time ago I used Firefox, but had some java problems & moved on.

No none of the above/other option in the poll?