Making Light:  Bleeping huge security hole ::: May 19, 2004, 02:27 PM

Jay:

  I get what you're saying and on principle, I agree with you.
  However, in this case seeing a hole in my operating system large
  enough to drive a Mack truck through pretty much gave me enough
  confidence that it was the right move.  It was neither subtle nor
  theoretical.

Oddly enough, it was just this feature of the problem that made me
more paranoid than usual.  The technique of scaring people into doing
something unwise is one of the big malware pumps on the net right now.
It might even be more effective than the lures, since it pushes the
victims so fast.

That's not to say that I have any reason to distrust moreInternet,
misfox, or vince, other than the feeling of being pushed at them.
But I'm very relieved that Internet Explorer can be used to fix the
problem.  And I didn't browse from a MacOSX system to search for
the fix.