The Security Mentor

Microsoft is letting people use a test version of the next Internet Explorer web browser. So far it's already had a serious security bug. Is it going to be as bad as previous versions?

It may well be much better. Microsoft has been striking at the roots of the previous security problems. They've gotten rid of the idea that some web pages should be trusted to act like locally installed programs (I'm oversimplifying a lot, sorry). They're tightening up the security level all around, and they're making it harder for visiting a web page to install software. These changes should put a dent in the spyware problem.

Don't rush to download it, though, unless you have a test machine. There's a reason it's pre-release.