I Hate IE

[kandrathe]

If I put that in my manifesto, would you vote for me?

Yes. But, I'm in the market for a viable 3rd party candidate. :) My solution for Quicktime is to only use it to run .qt files. After which use, I have to go through the registry and clean up after it.

Some tips not already stated (enough);

1) Turn off ActiveX scripting, or at least make it ask you before they run.
2) Learn how to use regedit to find the "Run" on startup places.
3) Turn off MSTask service, unless you need it, which most people don't.
4) Get AVG, have it update and run every day (or night if you like) -- it is as good as McAfee or Symantec.
5) Get a firewall, hardware if you can afford the $60.
6) Get a popup blocker -- 90% of the pages that are willing to send me a popup are willing to corrupt my system.
7) Use an alternative to IE
8) Avoid at all costs Outlook Express.