IE usable again or is it still nono

Hi all,

Just wondering after all the MS updates today, can i use IE safely again or is it still tricky.

Thanks in advance,

rgds,
Martin

 

moved where??

 

Of course IE is usable. It's a nono for me, though.
The real problems are not yet tackled: ActiveX, JavaVM en BHO. These are design issues. These functions are part of the MS vision of the internet world.
Besides, IE is such a big application, and it's integrated in the OS, there will probably always be critical vulnerabilities. Worse, every vulnerability in IE is a vulnerability in the OS.

 

As Meneer said, IE is usable, but using it as a primary browser is probably not a great idea... IE has a huge number of vulnerabilites, and MS hasn't made patches for several of them.

 

It seems that this recently published vulnerablility is NOT handled by the security patches of July: http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=28714

 

yes, IE is still usable and improved with SP2 rc2 but a number of vulnerabilities still exists.... it is still better to use other browser which doesnt use activex, etc... like firefox or mozilla