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Windows 7 + IE Security Updates
Read a Brink thread on IE9 and a question percolated.
Internet Explorer is part of Windows 7 and can't be uninstalled, merely "turned off". I don't use IE and I have it turned off at the earliest possibility.
A few years back, when I used ATI/AMD's control panel's links, IE would run to access the hyperlinks, instead of the default browser. Very disturbing! I have not encountered that scenario since then. Relief!
I did a return-to-factory install in March and according to the update history, Windows Update has not pushed a Security Update for Internet Explorer onto my system.
Is my system relatively secure in regards to the unpatched Internet Explorer that is integral to Windows 7?