DavidR
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That is one of the problems with IE in general, its integration into the windows OS, so whatever gets a toe hold into IE also has a toe hold into your OS and those running XP and are running with admin privileges, it can reap havoc. That is why it is so difficult to remove some of the malware out there.
So those using XP have to keep IE up to date regardless to ensure that any security issues are updated and closed. You will also be presented with updates for IE every time you visit windows update if they are available. I don’t use IE even for windows update I use Avant browser.
It is also possible, regardless of what browser you use for someone to make a call to use the IE browser, rather than the default browser (even one of avast’s links pops-up IE, as has been mentioned in these forums), we simply can’t ignore IE 7 when it is released (after beta testing).
Connie, I’m a great believer of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, but as you are finding it becomes more difficult without support.