Stay Away from Microsoft's Browser, Warns German Government
The German government recommends using browsers other than Internet Explorer until Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) provides a patch to fix a critical security flaw that allowed a cyber attack against Google Inc. (GOOG).
In a statement posted on its website, Germany's Federal Office for Information Security warned that attacks by hackers "cannot be fully prevented," even if users run Microsoft's browser in safe mode.
Microsoft rejected the warning, saying that the risk to users was low and that the IE's higher security settings would prevent any serious risk. "These were not attacks against general users or consumers," a spokesperson for Microsoft said.
