BBC says "Avoid Explorer"

twitter writes "Citing security flaws that lead to ads and spys on Microsoft infested computers the BBC in this article recomends avoiding Internet Explorer." Ain't it the truth? Mostly its about adware & spyware and other wretched bits of software that make the internet suck a little more each day.

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You are exposing your wife to great peril.

[Exmet Paff Daxx]

And me, I don't have to worry about some exploit using i.e. to take her [the wife's] computer down [because i gave her Mozilla].

Your blind assumptions about the security of Mozilla are putting your wife in danger. Just a few weeks ago, Mozilla has disclosed six serious security flaws ranging from nondisclosure of SSL failure to a buffer overflow DoS that has yet to be prozen unexploitable on Windows platforms. That means that anyone running Mozilla is exposing themselves to remote takeover by a hostile site.

The worst part of all this is that there are currently no fixes for any of these problems available from Mozilla. Running IE is far from a "solution", but keep in mind that 99% of attacks against IE are against people who fail to apply the security patches and turn their "Internet Zone" security to "High". Browsing through a transparent proxy such as JunkBuster improve security even more.

The point of all this is that both browsers are huge codebases being developed at breakneck speed, and no implicit assumption of security should be made. Security is a process, and those failing to undergo the process will become victims.

Even Mozilla users.