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Microsoft has released an updated version of Internet Explorer with a few minor changes. For example the menu bar is now visible without any user interaction needed. Oh yeah, and you don’t need Windows Genuine Advantage validation to download the software.

Wait, what? That’s right, first Microsoft goes and starts selling songs without DRM, and now the company’s giving away a flagship program without requiring proof that you paid for your copy of Windows. You’d think the company actually wants people to download stuff.

The move makes some sense. If Microsoft wants to maintain its market leader position, the company might have to reach out to people using unofficial copies of Windows. After all, by Microsoft’s own estimates, that could be 35% of all Windows users.

Windows XP users will be able to download Internet Explorer 7 through Windows Update or from Microsoft’s IE7 home page.

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EDIT: You can also download Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 here.

Lest you think that the ANI thing was the only thing going on today, you’d miss the other part of today’s entertainment. There’s a new Trojan spam going around trying to entice you to download MSFT IE7.0 Beta 2 (never mind that it’s been released). This is, in fact, a new Trojan (Grum) and appears to be entirely unrelated to the ANI threat. The emails have a shiny “download IE7″ graphic in them: continue reading…

Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Release Candidate 1 (RC1) has been designed to make everyday tasks easier, provide dynamic security protection and improve the development platform and manageability. End user improvements include a streamlined interface, tabbed browsing, printing advances, improved search functionality, instant feeds (RSS), dynamic security protection, and more.

Visit the Internet Explorer site for more information on IE7 RC1.