I mean, c’mon, people. You guys act like I don’t even look at my server logs.

There’s now a trojan horse that can infect Windows machines through banner ads, which will allow nefarious dorks to run malicious code on your computer. There are plenty of alternatives to Internet Explorer, even if you’re running Windows. Most of them are much, much better by any reasonable metric.

Mozilla is probably the top dog, though it comes in several flavors (a big honkin’ suite of programs, or a much more streamlined browser-only version called Firebird). If you’re on a Mac, do yourself a favor and use Safari. The good news is that virtually all non-IE browsers have built-in pop-up advertisement blockers, which can make your browsing experience much, much nicer.