"For the time being, CERT limits its advice to that of avoiding use of Internet Explorer, rather than avoiding Windows as a whole. However: CERT confirms that, as others have already found, IE cannot be removed from Windows, and its presence can still leave vulnerabilities in the system even if IE is never used as an application –showing again how Windows remains inherently insecure by design. In an operating system, the combination of closed source and entangled structure makes for a deadly cocktail. I am pleased that the US DHS is now recognising and warning about the risks which I and others have highlighted for more than two years. However, I shall only sleep soundly once I know that Windows has been banned from the command systems of the Royal Navy’s warships for good."
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