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IE 'unsafe' for 284 days last year
From:Joe Klemmer
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:30:24 -0500

IE 'unsafe' for 284 days last year

By John Leyden
Published Friday 5th January 2007 14:03 GMT

Using IE6 was "unsafe" 284 days last year even for users who patched
their systems as soon as Microsoft released fixes. An analysis by the
Washington Post's Stuart Krebs revealed that exploit code for critical
unpatched flaws in IE6 was available for three-quarters of the time last
year.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/05/ie_unsafe/