David Lazar, a director of the effort, said Microsoft would monitor that potential problem closely. But the company actually considers its authentication requirement one possible way to boost Internet security -- countering the idea it may increase threats. That's because pirated copies of Windows could contain viruses or
other security threats, he said.
The Firefox browser notifies the user when an update is available.
...along with other people.
Isn't IE packaged with Microsoft's OS?
It now supports Firefox at the least.
Don't they have that built in their software?