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German Government: Don’t use Internet Explorer

Posted on January 16, 2010 by by valerirojas

A new media release by the German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (BSI) recommends for all Internet Explorer users to switch to an alternative browser until Microsoft can come up with a solution for a critical vulnerability issue with the browser. You can find more articles about it here

So could this be the end of Internet Explorer? and which browser will become the most popular browser then? FireFox, Chrome, Safari or another one?

Google translator version of the media release by BSI: German Translation

Critical security flaw in Internet Explorer

BSI recommends the temporary use of alternative browsers

Bonn, 15.01.2010.
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 has probably exploited the vulnerability.

Affected are the versions 6, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Internet Explorer on Windows systems XP, Vista and Windows 7 Microsoft has released a security advisory in which it discusses ways of minimizing risk and 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.

Running the Internet Explorer in “protected mode” as well as disabling scripting Acitve Although more difficult to attack, but it can not completely prevented. Therefore, the BSI recommends to switch to the existence of a patch from Microsoft to an alternative browser.

Once the vulnerability has been closed, the BSI will provide information on its warning and information about public-CERT. Keep informed about the civic-CERT and the BSI warns citizens and small and medium enterprises from viruses, worms and vulnerabilities in computer applications. The expert analysis of the BSI around the clock, the security situation in the Internet and send alerts when action is needed and safety information via e-mail.