Will Internet Exploder kill you?!!

Geesh, this has got to be the harshest solution I heard yet about IE.

US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#713878

While they do recommend other browsers until MS releases Windows XP service Pack 2, I wouldn't freak just yet. Follow the other recommendations first. But it wouldn't hurt to start playing with Mozilla which you can download at http://www.mozilla.org.

But as long as you visting the same web pages you know over and over, such as this site, then IE is just fine.