Another Internet Explorer Flaw

Another flaw has hit Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and this time it doesn't just affect IE6.

Read about it here

Basically if you are still running Windows XP and IE 6 then your machine is open to attack. As I have said before and will keep on saying it is time to upgrade away from Windows XP as it will be obsolete sometime this year and no longer supported by Microsoft. As soon as that happens it will also be unsupported by lots of other companies like Norton, McAfee and other anti virus application producers. Then you will find that things like Office updates won’t install and newer software won’t either.

If you have an old computer (over 3 yrs) then you might find it has too low a spec to run Windows 7 and of course it won’t run Vista either. Basically you have two choices;

1. Buy an up to date computer. Not as expensive as you might think. CCL in Bradford will sell you a new tin box complete with Windows 7 Home premium for £237 inc vat.
   
   It is ideal for...


• Office Applications
• Web Browsing
• Email
• Music Playback
• Video Playback
• Viewing Photos
• It will NOT play games
  
2. If your pocket won’t stretch to that then you can download Linux for free and install it on your present machine.
   

Option two means you will have to learn to use a new operating system and then hunt for and download new applications because Microsoft programs like Office won’t work on Linux but I am told by Linux enthusiasts that it doesn’t cost them a penny.

Well there you have it. If like me you live on the Internet and prefer Windows then you need to be
running at least a version of Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 8 which you can download for free from Microsoft and preferably a version of Windows higher than XP.