CERT (U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team) - an organization that exists to coordinate responses to virus and worm attacks - has taken the extraordinary step of recommending all users STOP using Microsoft Internet Explorer for the present time. For those who may have missed the earlier article, the "Scob" virus is out there on popular websites which takes advantage of a known flaw in Microsoft's browser to infect any Windows PC browing these websites with Internet Explorer. No patch is available to close the hole, and virus scanners are desperately trying to make updates to protect their own customers in light of Microsoft's unwillingness to do so themselves. Only Windows PC are vulnerable, but this virus is designed to steal data (possibly including customer credit cards.
If you want to try an alternate browser, consider Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox (Mozilla's faster but less secure browser), Netscape, or Opera.
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