Microsoft wants to kill your productivity

According to Microsoft, there’s only one really affective way to avoid security problems in its browser:

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. To do so, type the URL in the Address bar, and then press ENTER

Link to the KB article.

I’ve got a better idea: If you want to avoid the problems, just download and use Moz.