Alternative to constantly fighting hijackers, spyware, etc.

I think a few hundred is a drop in the bucket really. Heck even firefox has more users, and their users are as protected if not more than these people you are talking about.

I don't think it's really realistic to expect the average user to secure IE sufficiently. Sure you can say just disable active scripting, java , activex etc etc, but many many sites will be totally disfunctiona (not to mention the rare odd exploit that ignores that)l. And you can talk all you like about trusted zones, but in the end most users in my experience just don't borther, and keep asking for a easier solution.

Firefox in some ways is the easier solution. Except that many bank sites just don't support them.

 

I think it's as good or bad as Internet explorer in terms of security. Yes it's still IE.

 

Ditto

The only things 100% guaranteed are: Death and Taxes.

TAS

 

Never had *any* myself and still using IE...... soooo... that must have meant you simply were not as secured as you thought while running IE?

TAS

PS: Sorry, I don't count the occasional 'tracking' cookie I *used* to get until I deployed measures in that regard...

AND I run ActiveX, Scripting, etc.... yep

 

I agree - I don't think so much the popular target but rather the easier target. However, when it comes to OS.........

 

FOR OS it's the easier target too of course.

 

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