Another Internet Explorer Security Hole
Sometimes I feel really sorry for people who use Internet Explorer. Besides being technologically inferior to other browsers, such as Mozilla and Opera, it is filled with security holes. Techworld.com broke a story today about a new security hole in Internet Explorer that has no fix. You can read that story by clicking here. This problem is really bad because by just clicking on a link an attacker can install files on your computer and gain complete control of it. I expect a new round of worms to come out of this, because Internet Explorer is also used to render email under Outlook Express. Did I mention there is no fix for this security problem? All a web browser should ever do is render web pages on the screen… it has no business running programs. Why does Microsoft build stuff into their programs that just opens them up to later security issues? I recommend everyone switch to Netscape, Mozilla, or Opera and stop using Internet Explorer and Outlook Express.
