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Opinion: Why Is Anyone Still Using Internet Explorer?

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols from eweek Magazine writes:

How many times must IE be shown to be totally insecure before people turn to the more secure Firefox?

OK, how many times must Internet Explorer be ripped open like a hot 16-year-old in a summer slasher movie before people finally get it: IE is not safe. Period. End of Statement.

I don't care if you only run it around the Web on Sundays and to the nicest sites. If you run IE, you're just asking to me slammed by worms, bots, adware, and every other kind of malware on the planet. No, it doesn't matter that you're using XP SP2 and you've downloaded all the patches. The only version that appears to be immune is IE7 beta-2.(continue at source)