Thanks for the heads up. As an aside, does anyone know why they call them Zero-day vulnerabilities? I've always wondered.

IE sucks. IE (and Microsoft in general) is and always has been the primary target for most hackers, malware, etc. Today there are too many great alternative browsers (FireFox, Opera, Safari, etc.) for anyone to be using it....

Lightof Abraxis, it's called that "zero-day" -- because the flaw becomes public before a patch is ready to stop its exploitation.

Oh yes, you're welcome.

I agree Navagatsio, especially now that it's the buggiest and slowest of the browsers.

Never used IE any version. Always had Firefox. MS will never learn. Dopes!

The safest way to surf the web is through a Virtual PC session with whatever browser you choose.

As long as you disgard all changes when you close out your Virtual PC, there's no chance of infections or malware.

Tried BufferFree but didn't like what it did to the rest of my software.

Please elaborate. Virtual PC session?

Thanks again Doc, and thanks for including the link to the Advisory - it's well worth reading.

I keep thinking about trying out FireFox, mainly just for fun, now could be a good time.

The 3.8 Beta is out...lotsa great extensions for earlier builds...not ready for the 3.8 yet.

The ff 4.0 should be out in January.

Opera 11 is blazing fast, and has really good extensions, too.

Well now that certainly sounds like a nice change from IE 

I've been test driving FF4 Beta 7 & 8.  Initial/home page loads fine but page loads in additional tabs are hanging for 20-30 seconds during which time FF is entirely unresponsive.  Recovers but then happens again with the next page load.

FF3.6.13 is doing the same thing only when it hangs it stays crashed & has to be killed with TM.

No such troubles with IE7 on same pages.

I think I'll grab a copy of Opera & use it for a little while till FF gets things sorted out.

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

It' also called XP Mode in Windows 7.

IE with vulnerabilities ... never. /sarcasm

The only thing stopping my move from FF to Opera is Noscript. I hope someone will make an extension like it for Opera.

Opera does have problems with some web sites, but they are few and far between.

I have not had any major problems with FF4 Beta 7, only some add-ons won't work and my password manager dies. But with a beta of a browser you can't expect safe browsing. 

Until then my clunky old FF will have to do.

My ff doesn't do that Daiwa, but Opera is really great. I think you;ll love it. 

Not sure why the hangs/crashes are occurring here with FF3 & FF4, either, obviously.  I've reported them to Mozilla so we'll see.  First started to happen with 3.6.10 I believe.  Had been using FF exclusively (with IE Tab 2 for those occasional finicky pages that just don't cotton to FF) for a long time and never had similar problems, even with 10 or more open tabs (doesn't happen often, but 5-6 is routine).  They've made both FF3 & FF4 unusable during the workday, just no time to deal with reloads, repeat logins, etc.

I'm liking what I see of Opera so far (using it for this reply), but a real workday will tell the tale.