Steps that you can take to help identify and to help protect yourself from deceptive (spoofed) Web sites and malicious hyperlinks [via Microsoft]
The most effective step that you can take to help protect yourself from malicious hyperlinks is not to click them. Rather, type the URL of your intended destination in the address bar yourself. By manually typing the URL in the address bar, you can verify the information that Internet Explorer uses to access the destination Web site.
Silly. All of this instead of patching their software?
(clears throat) agree!