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Internet Explorer users are 'stupid and have an average IQ of just 80'

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Survey claims average IQ of browser's users is just 80

By Daniel Bates

Last updated at 8:29 PM on 1st August 2011

Less intelligent: Users of Internet Explorer were found to have lower IQs

They have long had to grapple with a catalogue of bugs and viruses.

But now users of Internet Explorer have another reason to feel humiliated - they are more stupid too.

A study has found that those with Internet Explorer 6 installed on their computer typically have an IQ barely higher than 80 - which by some rankings makes them almost retarded.

This compares to those who used Firefox or Google's Chrome who came in at around 110.

Users of Opera or Camino were top with an IQ of around 120.

A ranking of a mere 80 might explain why millions of people around the world continue to use Internet Explorer even though it is an inferior web browser.

Some 10 per cent of computers are thought to have the software installed on their home or office computer.

The study, by Vancouver-based psychometric consulting company AptiQuant, examined IQs or Intelligent Quotient which is a measurement of a person's intelligence worked out on the basis of special tests.

The average is 100.

AptiQuant polled 101,326 people aged 16 and up from countries including the U.S., Canada, Britain Australia and New Zealand.

Subjects were asked to take an intelligence test which recorded their operating system and location via their IP address.

A ranking of 70-80 is seen as borderline retarded, while 80-90 is below average.

A score of 110, where Firefox and Chrome users are, is above average, while the 120 ranking of Opera or Camino users is considered superior.

Internet Explorer has long been the subject of ridicule on account of how bug-ridden it is.

Superior: Users of Firefox were found to be more intelligent

Earlier this year Microsoft announced that all versions of the browser were at risk of being hacked due to a flaw in the program.

All 900 million users around the world were advised they needed a patch because of a colossal security bungle.

In 2008 an estimated 10,000 websites were compromised by a flaw to Internet Explorer which allowed criminals to take control of people's computer and steal their personal details.

'From the test results, it is a clear indication that individuals on the lower side of the IQ scale tend to resist a change/upgrade of their browsers,' the study concludes.

'This hypothesis can be extended to any software in general, however more research is needed for that, which is a potential future work as an extension to this report.'