Seriously, use Mozilla or Firefox. http://www.mozilla.org Yes, as with any software, there are occasional bugs, flaws and exploits found. These are usually FIXED within hours/days of discovery. With IE, there are several KNOWN flaws/exploits that have yet to be fixed. Patches for these are usually issued MONTHS after discovery, by which time the damage has already been done, if the patch in question even fixes what it's supposed to at all.