It can’t be said often enough: Please don’t use the Internet Explorer to surf the internet. There are so many so much better alternatives. The Microsoft Internet Explorer is a very insecure browser, as reported innumerable times. The current case can be read, for example, here:

Attackers are leveraging legitimate websites to more quickly spread malware that exploits a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), Microsoft said this weekend. […] The vulnerability […] affects all supported versions of IE. […] Users are encouraged to apply suggested workarounds detailed in Microsoft’s advisory.

But these workarounds are all less than helpful for the average user. And I feel less than happy if I have to apply them on all my friends computers. Therefore:

Please, please, please, use another browser. My personal recommendation is Firefox, but Safari, Opera or even Chrome are perfectly useful browsers. These browser programs are all free to use and are at least as capable as Microsoft Internet Explorer. Here are a links to download pages of them:

• Mozilla Firefox (I use that one myself the most)
  
• Apple Safari (for Mac, iPod and iPhone fans)
  
• Opera (also available for cell phones and many other devices)
  
• Google Chrome (is currently the fastest and latest browser)

It is not a bad idea to install several of these browser and try out which one you like most, and which one displays your favorite web pages best.

Next, please update the browser you install and use on a regular basis. The automatic update function has been built into these browser for precisely that purpose.