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CERT recommends anything but IE
John Oates, The Register 2004-06-28

US CERT (the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team), is advising people to ditch Internet Explorer and use a different browser after the latest security vulnerability in the software was exposed.

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CERT recommends anything but IE 2004-07-02
Anonymous
IE has the ability to execute ActiveX. Other browsers do not have that native ability. IE has some controls on ActiveX, like trusted zones, etc... however that control structure has been compromised on many ocassions. You can download a plug-in to netscape browsers (mozilla also, I am not sure about...

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