Media News - Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Germany urges public to stop using Internet Explorer
The German government urged the public on Tuesday to
temporarily stop using Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer following
discovery of a yet-to-be repaired bug in the Web browser that the
software maker said makes PCs vulnerable hacker attacks.
It issued the warning as a researcher said he found evidence that
suggests the hackers who exploited the flaw were seeking to attack
defense contractors. Microsoft said on Monday that attackers can exploit the bug in its
Internet Explorer, used on hundreds of millions of computers, to infect
the PC of somebody who visits a malicious website and then take control
of the victim's computer. The German government's Federal Office for Information Security, or BSI,
said it was aware of targeted attacks and that all that was needed was
to lure Web surfers to a website where hackers had planted malicious
software that exploited the bug. BSI advised all users of Internet Explorer to use an alternative browser
until the manufacturer has released a security update. Microsoft said it planned to release software to protect PCs from
attack within the next few days. Customers must manually install the
code by visiting Microsoft's website and clicking on a link. (Reuters)
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