Internet Explorer a Diseased Whore

Standing on the corner hiking up her skirt and offering her lesioned, blistered, dried out, well-used piece of leather for anyone who desires it. Truly the most worthless internet browser that exists. A virus in itself. Yet likely 90% of all computers everywhere are saddled with this porous piece of garbage that is like a magnet for the majority of threats that are lurking in cyberspace.

Viruses, browser hijacks and parasites of all sorts...with normal use of this completely flawed piece of shitware, that on the 6th edition is still being hammered senseless, a person's computer will be jacked full of annoyances and security threats in short order.

For anyone who has not made the move to Macintosh, there is really no reason to continue using Internet Explorer. Even the usual stable of freeware that is necessary for a modicum of operational peace of mind when using IE is not enough. Still, if you haven't made the switch, I recommend these free downloads:

Ad-Aware

Spybot Search & Destroy

Spyware Blaster

Coolweb Shredder

You may also want to try this:

Hijack This

But only after an apparent problem has surfaced that can't be eliminated by the others. Also, you will need to run the scan log by a reasonably knowledgeable user who can then advise what should be deleted. There are numerous forums such as computercops.biz where you can print the results of the scan and receive help.

Also, for trojan viruses try: Trojan Remover. Your normal anti-virus program (such as Norton) will get some trojans but many will slip through. This program is quite good but you may as well wait until you have an infection that can't be fixed otherwise, as it only has a free, 30-day trial period.

And then the final step, once you have run all these programs and purged your system, download and install Mozilla Firefox, a free internet browser that is far superior to IE. If you have any reservations simply keep IE installed as well but I believe that shortly you will have no desire to ever use it again. Keep all the downloaded security programs in place but note that when running them after having used Firefox, they will find absolutely no problems.

The number of people still clueless as to how IE leaves a person's system open to so much crap is surprising. All we can do is keep spreading the word.