Everyone running Windoze runs IE whether they use it to browse or not. Here's the message from a previous "patch":
"Security issues identified in Internet Explorer could allow an attacker toc ompromise systems with Internet Explorer installed (even if it is not used as the Web browser). For example, an attacker could run programs on a computer used to view the attacker's Web site. Download this update from Microsoft to help protect your computer. After installation, you may have to restart your computer."
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Everyone running Windoze runs IE whether they use it to browse or not. Here's the message from a previous "patch":
"Security issues identified in Internet Explorer could allow an attacker toc ompromise systems with Internet Explorer installed (even if it is not used as the Web browser). For example, an attacker could run programs on a computer used to view the attacker's Web site. Download this update from Microsoft to help protect your computer. After installation, you may have to restart your computer."
The only hope is to use non-MS OSes.