Like Germany before it, France is now advising computer users to download any Web browser other than Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The move comes after it was discovered that Internet Explorer
contained a serious security flaw that could be exploited by hackers and cyber-criminals, and was likely the cause of the Google-targeted cyberattacks in China last month. Last week, Microsoft
admitted that its Internet Explorer browser was the weak link in recent attacks by hackers who pried in to the email accounts of human rights activists in China. The software giant, however, insisted
that the German government had over-reacted about the threat posed by the vulnerability, and that general users were not at risk.
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