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Originally written by Grey-Eyed Stranger:

1. I highly doubt you get spyware with IE. You're probably getting spyware, which is far, far different (although similarly aggrivating), and can easily be prevented by tweaking IE's security settings to prompt about ActiveX controls.
You mean viruses with IE, don't you (for the first sentence)? I actually get both, and the viruses/trojans are usually executed in my Temporary Internet Files Folder and they're either somthing like index.htm or something like that. I know it's IE because it's IE's directory for keeping the TempInternet Files and it always happens while I'm running IE. Fortunately, I have a virus scanner so it doesn't bug me that much...and yes, mostly all my ActiveX features plus Java are disabled, Javascript is still enabled.

2. I'd be surprised if proxy servering actually prevented viruses.

I heard they did, but I guess they might not. But I do know one thing and that is they mask your real IP address pretty well. ;)

3. Whatever/wherever your hearts are supposed to be, I see squares. Just squares.

For some reason, those hearts killed older versions of IE, so I had to take them off. No more hearts...*sob*

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