One Step Ahead

I mentioned in an earlier post that Microsoft's Internet Explorer had a serious security flaw that hackers are exploiting to capture on-line banking details from consumers. Microsoft did issue an update recently, but it didn't fix the flaw - it worked around it by upgrading the user's security level to maximum.

Now, Microsoft's own magazine Slate is recommending that users ditch Internet Explorer and use the Mozilla browser instead. It's a major admission from the world's biggest software company that the security flaws in Internet Explorer are embedded deeply in the software.

Well, I've been using Mozilla (and its predecessors Netscape Communicator and Netscape Navigator) for years, but I'm definitely in the minority. I would highly recommend a switch to Mozilla as your standard Web browser. It co-exists happily with Internet Explorer, so you can keep Internet Explorer as a back-up browser for those Web sites that insist on it.