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Linux-Watch: Why is Anyone Still Using Internet Explorer?

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Mar 29, 2006

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“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…”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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