A malignant security flaw found in all versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser has yet to be fixed, and the problem is spreading. Microsoft detailed the flaw in a security update blog post six days ago. Since then, the problem has spread across the globe, hitting at least 2 million computers.
Unlike other computer exploits, this one does not require users to click on fishy links or download mysterious software: it plagues computers that simply open an infected Web page.
Internet Explorer is currently used by 69 percent of Web surfers. The flaw hides inside the data binding function of the browser and causes IE to quit unexpectedly and reopen vulnerable to prying eyes. — Brennon Slattery, PC World
This problem has been around since IE5, and has yet to be fixed. Thanks Microsoft, you keep pumping money into the whole internet explorer browser for no damned reason, it still sucks! Can the probably possibly have anything to do with being able to remotely access a computer with elevated security priviledges? No wait that makes sense, let everyone do it there could be no problem with this.
I personally hate everything about Internet Explorer, it's incapable of displaying most sites correctly, and forces web developers to create hacks to make a site work for your crap browser, and if you're company forces you to use IE, go yell at the IT department, and if you use IE, please, please, PLEASE switch to one of the following:
Mozilla Firefox (I use this)
Google Chrome (quickly becoming a favorite browser)
Opera
Safari
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