Department of Homeland Security recommends discontinuing use of Internet Explorer

[chewydog]

You're not a wookie are you?

No wookie here. Chewydog is in reference to my dog named Chewy, who did resemble a wookie.

[BigDan]

Welcome to the present DHS... IE has been a security risk for years

I haven't used IE for years. I switched to Firefox roughly 10 years ago and I switched to Chrome 3-4 years ago. Both Firefox and Chrome are far superior

[dave potts]

Microsoft came out with a patch this afternoon. You have to click on "search for updates" to find it.

[oldfrat]

I use Firefox as my main browser and am very happy with it. It works better for me than IE for most sites. I have not used Chrome. I keep IE on my computer as there are still some sites that run properly only if you use IE. I strongly agree with using Adblock on Firefox.

[saltydancindave]

Microsoft came out with a patch this afternoon. You have to click on "search for updates" to find it.

The 2 monthly Windows updates plus the IE security updates if you click Windows Update

[Ed_D]

Microsoft and AVG have been patching like mad for the last few days. Norton has pushed several patches as well. Other anti-virus vendors probably have. When you run updates, keep running (and restarting as necessary) until ALL of the updates have been installed. This may take a while, especially If your computer Is slow to run the restart cycle. Many updates require prerequisite updates to be run and therefore there is a chain effect.

Regards,
Ed

[Uncle Jesse]

I download FireFox from Mozzilla.org and my computer slowed down like a 12 MHz PC with a dial up connection. After a few days of uninstalling programs that hitchhiked in with it, I did a system restore and it's moving like it should. I have a 3 a.m. automatic upgrade on all the Microsoft programs on my computer.