Three word comment: Don’t Do It! Just came across some very scary information on Windows IE and just how vulnerable IE really is. Actually, I should say that Microsoft’s products in general are vulnerable to hackers, crackers, and the not-so-smart script kiddies. If anyone reading this has closed their mind and eyes to the security issues of their Windows based computers, this article should open your eyes nice and wide! Internet Explorer Is Too Dangerous to Keep Using Be sure to click on page two and then read the related links to the right of the article, plus read the Talk Back, especially the one about spyware.

I have been using Mozilla off and on for a while now but keep going back to IE. It’s like an old friend, familiar and comfortable. I do have ActiveX turned off but I’m not so sure that’s enough to keep my computer out of the hackers hands. If you think all you need is an anti-virus to protect your computer from malicious viruses, trojans, and keloggers, then perhaps you should have another thought! Anti-virus software can not protect you from new viruses. If you’re lucky, you will update your virus protection before you get a bug but most people do not update regularly or they get the bug before the company that creates the anti-virus even knows it exists.

If your web site is hosted on a Windows server, your site is at risk of being hijacked and then sending malicious code to anyone clicking on your site, all without yours or your users knowledge. This new virus is actually a trojan and goes undetected by you, all the while it is sending all your information to remote computers and/or sending out packets from thousands of infected machines to bring down a server with a denial of service attack. And you are none the wiser, though your computer may slow way down and act a little funny but hell, we are all used to IE doing the big freeze when it gets tired, right!

So, my conclusion is that IE is just too dangerous to keep using, just like the articles title. Mozilla here I come. And the best part is that it’s free!