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Originally Posted by Lasereth
Internet Explorer is a target for adware creators because Microsoft made it. IE itself isn't a bad program. I love it. The only bad part is even after taking huge precausionary measures to prevent adware, spyware, and viruses, I still get them with IE.
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Microsoft tied the browser to the operating system, which makes it much easier for a malware writer to dump the spyware onto your system. Microsoft (historically) has always chosen features over security when a choice had to be made. They say that they are changing their philosophy, but we'll see. For that, I consider IE to be a bad program.
BTW, I get zero spyware on my Win box, with Firefox.