Please be advised of a new Microsoft Knowledge Base article entitled: <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5Bln%5D;833786" title="Steps that you can take to help identify and to help protect yourself from deceptive (spoofed) Web sites and malicious hyperlinks">Steps that you can take to help...</a>. In it, you'll find the recommendation that you should "...not click any hyperlinks that you do not trust. Type them in the Address bar yourself." So now, you have to type all URLs by hand because Microsoft can't fix their browser. Isn't it time to consider <a href="http://opera.com">Opera</a> or <a href="http://mozilla.org">Firefox</a>? A read on Slashdot put this latest development into persepective: <bq>To go back to an often used analogy, if Microsoft were a car company and their vehicles happened to exhibit a problem with the engines catching on fire (as happens, sometimes, with real car manufacturers) other makers would recall and fix the problem. Not microsoft! They're innovative. They'd send a helpful sheet out to owners: ------------------------- Things you can do to protect yourself from an engine fire: The most effective step you can take to protect yourself from an engine fire caused by the known defect, is pushing your car manually. By pushing your car manually, you can avoid creating the temperatures required to initiate combustion. This will keep your car safe. Also, you can save fuel and contribute to a cleaner environment. </bq>