It seems like the security warnings about IE are arriving daily now. The latest one is almost funny: a flaw Microsoft reportedly fixed in earlier versions of IE has been re-detected in the latest versions! And a BBC story today announces that the average Windows computer is infected with 28 spyware programs. Obviously Microsoft has completely given up on maintaining their software. I hope it’s because they’re concentrating on XP SP2 (reportedly out in late July) and not that they’re asleep at the wheel. (Actually after all this time I assume they’ve built a well-appointed master bedroom at the wheel.) But in the meantime it’s up to us to protect our own computers; therefore, I encourage you to download, install, and run Spybot: Search & Destroy and/or AdAware. Why not run both?! I’ve also just learned about an application called Spyware Blaster, which gives a much needed additional layer of security to IE’s own cheesecloth-thin layer.Defend your computers! Someone has to.
