Internet Explorer Auto-Updates Begin

I work on Mac OS X, and I find the auto-update process a bit scary. My computer is always informing me that it needs to install some new software, and I'm forever allowing it. I find this strange, because I know that new software can break things. But I allow it for some reason. Anyhoo...imagine if the updates were from Microsoft, of all places, master of the blue screen of death. Don't think I could bring myself to allow these updates.

Microsoft has slowly begun shipping automatic updates of Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) to all users of the English language version of the browser...

Link: Internet Explorer Auto-Updates Begin