Has turned out to investigate the causes investigate Google’s backbone collapse infrastructure is a weakness in Internet Explorer browser of Microsoft, according to the Federal Office for Information Security, or what is known in the German version, BSI. Even European governments suggested that browser users to stop using it because of security holes that can be easily exploited by hackers, as evidenced by the attack to the company Google Inc. and other companies.
According to some agencies of Germany and France informed that at least a computer user can switch to alternative browsers, including the suggested form of the IE competitors, namely Opera Software ASA, which has a number of users 18.000 users/day in Germany, while in France is not known.
However, according to Graham Cluley, Sophos security consultant, these recommendations will have a serious impact to market share as a user’s browser itself was used to switch browsers such as has been done before. The recommendation by the French agency, chert will still continue for the absence of correction from Microsoft.
However, Microsoft did not agree with the recommendation that alternative browsers, and advised users to upgrade to version new browser, Internet Explorer 8. Microsoft says that the malicious code created in the old versions of IE IE6, and the user can to your browser security settings to the level of “high” for the old IE versions.
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