The browser company, Microsoft, is alarmed by the notice.
For its part, Certa, the French center for treatment of computer attacks, has also issued a recommendation to use alternative browsers "waiting for a correction." According Certa, the vulnerability allows a malicious person to execute code remotely.
Microsoft has rejected the advice of the German office, arguing that the risk for its users was low and strengthening security in the Explorer settings will solve the problems. However, the German authorities have said that even that would make IE completely safe for navigation. Microsoft spokesman in Germany, Thomas Baumgaertner, has retorted that Google attacks were carried out by "highly motivated, with a very specific purpose." "There were no attacks against ordinary users or customers of the firm. There is no threat to them, so we do not support this recommendation."
Meanwhile, the spokesman for antivirus firm Sophos, Graham Cluley warned in a statement to the BBC that the German government announcement concerns to versions 6, 7 and 8 of the browser and notes that have appeared on the Internet and explanations on how to exploit vulnerabilities.
SOURCE: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/tecnologia/Francia/Alemania/recomiendan/buscar/alternativas/Internet/Explorer/seguridad/elpeputec/20100117elpeputec_1/Tes
0 comments:
Post a Comment