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"everyone talks about how bad Microsoft is and how "safe" other browsers are, LOL. now that foxfire is becoming a bigger target just watch the security problems start."

Its already started.
And its going to get worse.
Much, much worse.
Welcome to Firefox HELL!
So why am I smiling broadly?

So why am I smiling broadly?

I don't know. But I bet its not this CERT advisory. I personally would advise everyone to listen to CERT before they listen to Kwasi

Use a different web browser
There are a number of significant vulnerabilities in technologies relating to the IE domain/zone security model, local file system (Local Machine Zone) trust, the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) document object model (in particular, proprietary DHTML features), the HTML Help system, MIME type determination, the graphical user interface (GUI), and ActiveX. These technologies are implemented in operating system libraries that are used by IE and many other programs to provide web browser functionality. IE is integrated into Windows to such an extent that vulnerabilities in IE frequently provide an attacker significant access to the operating system.

It is possible to reduce exposure to these vulnerabilities by using a different web browser, especially when viewing untrusted HTML documents (e.g., web sites, HTML email messages). Such a decision may, however, reduce the functionality of sites that require IE-specific features such as proprietary DHTML, VBScript, and ActiveX. Note that using a different web browser will not remove IE from a Windows system, and other programs may invoke IE, the WebBrowser ActiveX control (WebOC), or the HTML rendering engine (MSHTML).