Yet another of those "whacky" reasons to dump IE

Just got done reading a post on The Register about another of those pesky vulnerabilities on Internet Explorer that glorius browser people still seem to be in love with. I do work for a financial institution and we can say that there are still close to 60% of our visitors are accessing the site with some version of Internet Explorer. I find it not only frustrating to see this, but down right idiotic on the side of end-users. People would be much safer if they chose to at least access their online banking, or did their online shopping with a safer browser such as Firefox, Google Chrome, or even Opera.

What I see as a glaring issue here is that there seems to be no acountability on end users to properly secure their computers. When and if there ever is any accountability placed these issues may become less of a problem. Granted it is a responsibility that software companies patch code vulnerabilities. However, when they do, people need to make sure they have the latest versions, and protect their own assets in the process.

Back to the latest "glitch", if you surf to a malicious website using Web 2.0 a vulnerabiltiy in IE exists where the site owner can effectively see the entire contents of your hard drive. How's that for a "bug"?

A security consultant at Core Security states: "Every time we reported this to Microsoft, they were fixing just one of the features," Medina said in a telephone interview from Bueno Aires. "Every time they [fixed] it, we managed another way to build the attack again."

Best advise for end users is - STOP USING INTERNET EXPLORER