What makes sense to me is my own experience that IE allowed trojans, pop-up ads and cookies to infect my computer like water going through a sieve, until it started screwing with my ability to run some programs; I cleaned the s*** out, got FF and the problem stopped. Any questions?
Nope, but installing MS toolbar will eliminate these problems, at least it has proven reliable for me.
PS: I am a Detroit Tiger fan (and ½ Polish) so thanks for putting Al's pic up. A little sports store in Hamtramck used to have his pic prominently displayed on the wall when I was a kid and I never forgot him.