That might have been true in the past. Not anymore. Normal, large websites have recently been infected with a 'trojan horse' whose primary purpose is to steal your personal information. The trojan horse feeds your personal info to the russian mob so they could buy things like Porsches. Which websites? they aren't telling. What were they using to install programs to steal your identity? IE, of course.
The fact is that ON AVERAGE, a PC will have 28 spyware programs installed. Will anti-spyware programs prevent all of them? no. But you can reduce your risk by avoiding security holes that allow them into your computer in the first place. IE, Outlook, etc..
Russia is now owned by the mob. And they want your money. It doesn't matter how careful you are, these people's job is to avoid security in order to take your identity and money. Your risk simply rises every time you use IE.
I'm not a gambling man. I'm not going to take the bet that my life won't be messed up for years, even if the chances of it happening are small. I can avoid that by the simple act of choosing NOT to use IE. There's better features on the other browsers, anyway.
