If you are a Windows XP, Vista or 7 user and you have Internet Explorer as your default browser AND you live in the EU, at some time from next week onwards you will receive a Windows Update that will show you a screen allowing you to choose a different browser, e.g. Firefox or Google Chrome.

You may well be wondering why – it’s because the EU in their infinite lack of wisdom spent millions of Euros deciding that the evil Microsoft should offer a range of browsers to Windows users, despite the fact that all the alternative browsers are easily available to download and free.

Anyway, all this will do is confuse a lot of people, allow unsavoury companies and individuals to design similar looking screens in order to fool people into installing dangerous spyware and cause havoc for IT support staff as they receive a deluge of calls from bemused users.

Any questions, as always, feel free to contact me