Feds warn against Microsoft's browser

Though the warning from the Feds won't do much to the browser's popularity or Microsoft stock, I hope it creates some traction to solve the issues that plague IE. I know that XP SP2 solves mitigates and prevents the kind of attacks reported in this article but till it is out, people are at risk.

If you use IE you have 2 options.

Option 1
Increase IE's security level to High. This can be modified via the following steps:

1. Open an IE window
2. Select Tools->Internet Options->Security
3. Click the Internet Zone (with the globe)
4. Change the Security Level for the Zone to High (this is one of the default levels)

Option 2
CERT recommends that Explorer users consider other browsers that are not affected by the attack, such as Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape and Opera. Mac, Linux and other non-Windows operating systems are immune from this attack.

If you are going to use another browser, I'd recommend Firefox.