That's what I meant by "Norton's firewall". You are correct.
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What is this toolbar crap?
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sans.org tracks Internet security risks, an in their latest list of top Internet browser vulernerabilities, they said this about IE:
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The problems are six-fold:
1. Large Number of vulnerabilities over the last few years in comparison to other browsers - 153 IE vulnerabilities since April 2001, according to the Security Focus Archive.
2. Longer Time to patch known IE vulnerabilities - Users have had to wait in excess of six months from the time the vulnerability is disclosed before Microsoft issues a patch.
3. Active X and Active Scripting controls themselves have not been found to be open to particular exploitation, but can be used to bypass the security constructs of the browser and potentially impact upon the host system.
4. Large number of unpatched vulnerabilities - 34, according to http://umbrella.name/
5. Spyware/Adware vulnerabilities - This affects all browsers and systems that facilitate access and use of web resources.
6. Integration of IE browser into the Operating System, which makes the OS more vulnerable to exploitation.
IE has big problems...bigger than those of the other popular browsers.