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German government warns against using MS Explorer
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Flash
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PostPosted: Mon 18 Jan 2010, 23:14    Post subject:  German government warns against using MS Explorer  
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8463516.stm

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...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 had been posted on the internet....

The article doesn't say if the German government recommended a browser to use instead. Confused
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PostPosted: Tue 19 Jan 2010, 02:42    Post subject:  
The French have followed . . .
About time the whole of Europe realised
that if a browser is targeting Google (or Opera as in the past)
the criminals may be the Ballmer Boys

The British have a deal with MS (Billus Gatus - the well known virus, met Tiny Blare - the well known war monger) so might take them a while to
realize they should not believe the men in banker suits

I am pleased to say my family are at least using Firefox (if not Puppy)

Thanks Flash - will be following this emerging story
with geek fervour Smile
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PostPosted: Tue 19 Jan 2010, 08:38    Post subject: Re: German government warns against using MS Explorer  
Flash wrote:
The article doesn't say if the German government recommended a browser to use instead. Confused

no, they only recommend the usage of an recent alternative browser...

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Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
Report type: warning

Risk: High
Affected systems

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8


Recommendation

Running Internet Explorer in "protected mode" as well as disabling Active Scripting, although more difficult to attack, but it can not completely prevented. Therefore, the citizen-CERT recommends that, pending a patch from Microsoft to switch to a current alternative browser.
Description

In Internet Explorer, there is a critical yet unknown vulnerability. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious code via a specially crafted Web page into a Windows computer to infiltrate and set up. The last week became known hacker attack on Google and other U.S. companies have exploited this vulnerability likely.

Affected are the versions 6, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Internet Explorer on Windows systems XP, Vista and 7 Microsoft has released a security advisory [edited 1], in which it describes possible ways of minimizing risk. Microsoft is already working on a patch to close the security gap. The BSI expects that this vulnerability will be used in a short time for attacks on the Internet.

Sources
[1] Microsoft Security Advisory (979352)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979352.mspx


http://www.buerger-cert.de/techwarnung_archiv.aspx?param=Zxo7YT%2f0plcFZPj4ofJpYQ%253d%253d translated with google.

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