[LennonCook]

Originally posted by Felix The Assassin: In the future. Use the other non targeted web browser, Firefox, or full blown Mozilla

Non-targeted? Perhaps. But that isn't why it's safer. Firefox, et al, are safer simply because they purposely dissallow a few key problematic things: ActiveX, remote webpages accessing local files, *anything* accessing the browser itself, popups/unders... all of those things that let spyware install itself. Meaning that even if they end up targeted (which may or may not happen depending on what it takes to become so), they will *still* hinder the spread of Bad Stuff^TM.

The same applies to using alternatives to Outlook/Outlook Express. Active Scripting = email attachments can be run without your permission or knowledge, thus installing Bad Stuff^TM onto your system. Use alternatives (which purposely don't use Active Scripting), and you'll need to run the apps yourself (manually) to have anything happen. Which takes it all back to matters of common sense.