德国政府警告网民不要使用微软IE浏览器
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The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security.
德国政府警告网络用户使用其他浏览器来代替IE以保护系统安全。
The warning applies to versions 6, 7 and 8 of Internet Explorer
The warning from the Federal Office for Information Security comes after Microsoft admitted IE was the weak link in recent attacks on Google's systems.
Microsoft rejected the warning, saying that the risk to users was low and that the browsers' increased security setting would prevent any serious risk.
However, German authorities say that even this would not make IE fully safe.
Thomas Baumgaertner, a spokesman for Microsoft in Germany, said that while they were aware of the warning, they did not agree with it, saying that the attacks on Google were by "highly motivated people with a very specific agenda".
"These were not attacks against general users or consumers," said Mr Baumgaertner.
"There is no threat to the general user, consequently we do not support this warning," he added.
Microsoft says the security hole can be shut by setting the browser's security zone to "high", although this limits functionality and blocks many websites.
However, Graham Cluley of anti-virus firm Sophos, told BBC News that not only did the warning apply to 6, 7 and 8 of the browser, but the instructions on how to exploit the flaw瑕疵,缺点 had been posted on the internet.
"This is a vulnerability弱点,易损性 that was announced in the last couple of days. Microsoft have no patch斑点,碎片 yet and the implication is that this is the same one that exploited on the attacks on Google earlier this week," he said.
"The way to exploit this flaw has now appeared on the internet, so it is quite possible that everyone is now going to have a go."
Microsoft traditionally release a security update once a month - the next scheduled patch is the 9th of February. However, a spokesman for Microsoft told BBC News that developers for the firm were trying to fix the problem.
"We are working on an update on this issue and this may well involve an out of cycle security update," he said.
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