toonlight - you presented your opinion as fact. what you have spewed simply is not true. it may be your opinion, but it is not the truth. IE8 is one of the most secure browsers available to date (search google for 'browser security tests 2010' and you'll see that - the first in the list of results is from NSS Labs -
http://nsslabs.com/browser-security and straight to their findings -
http://nsslabs.com/test-reports/NSSL...Summ_FINAL.pdf). coupled with the fact it IS closed source and from a massive SW developer who patch and update the moment an issue is found, I'd personally rather use IE8 over any other browser. it's not 100%, of course. no browser is. if you want to be 100% safe on the net, the only way is to not use the internet at all - or at least, use someone else's machine!!
I have no issue with your opinion that you'd rather use something other than IE8 - you quite evidently have issues with Microsoft (even your signature at the time I write this backs that up), for reasons I don't really care for, but you can't go round scare-mongering saying that if you use IE8 for banking you'll lose all you money, et cetera. if that were true, they simply would not be allowed to release the browser and advertise it as secure.
you need to be careful what you say. not everyone is computer savvy and your misleading and almost propaganda type of rant is not going to give people a fair view of what is available to them. by all means, supply links that backup your claims, and your statements may hold more value, but I doubt you'll find any studies that prove each time you use IE8 for banking then the next time you check your account it will be empty. the fact IE8 is business standard for the majority implies it is trusted and secure.