Once again another exploit has been found in Internet Explorer and the media, from tech sites to news organizations are running with the “remove Internet Explorer” theme this time around. IMHO, this does a disservice more than anything else.

As you most likely heard, the exploit is known as “remote code execution vulnerability”. In this case someone would have to create a website and get you there to take advantage of this loophole. Microsoft said they are working on a fix. Now, I use a different browser myself but not because I think I am safer but because they do more, faster for me personally.

Let’s take a look at some of the latest fixes that we have seen:

• Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
• High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.

Sound familiar? Internet Explorer? Nope, that’s from the latest Firefox release. Bugs and exploits are part of every day on the internet and none of the most popular and recommended browsers are going to protect you.

Ask any tech if he has repaired a computer running a browser other than Internet Explorer and the answer is yes.

The bottom line is a combination of bias, lack of education, sheep mentality and the want to rush a story out, especially if it affects a lot of people along with words you can scare them with.

A little common sense? That should do it.

If you want to try another browser anyway, it's easy to do and harmless. We would suggest either Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome.