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I suggest you've already been compromised then [img]smile.gif[/img]
The risk can be divided into two categories:
1) The risk that malicious code on a website will be executed without your explicit permission - since Variol would only be going to the Windows Update site this would not be a concern.
2) The inherent insecurities caused by running Internet Explorer. These will always exist regardless of the programme you're browsing with as IE is effectively 'always on' because it's such an integral part of Windows. (Which is incidentally how you can get Internet Explorer spyware even if you never use it).
Beyond the inherent risk in Windows that exists regardless of what browser is actually being used to physically visit websites, navigating to Windows Update with IE will therefore not place you at a greater risk than you would otherwise be at.
[ 05-22-2006, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]
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