German government tells public to stop using Internet Explorer

The fallout from this weekend's discovery of security holes in several versions of Internet Explorer continues to spread. The latest: Germany is urging its citizens to stop using Internet Explorer until there's a fix.

"A fast spreading of the code has to be feared," the German government's Federal Office for Information Security, or BSI, said. The BSI recommended that users access the Internet using alternative Web browsers until Microsoft's security update becomes available.

It's unusual for a government to flatly urge its citizenry to stop using a popular tech product, such as Microsoft Explorer. The security hole could compromise computers IE users use when they surf to a malicious Web site. Microsoft said that it is aware of attacks that have tried to take advantage of this weakness.

Late Monday, Microsoft released a patch called the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit until a full update is ready.

We've contacted Microsoft for comment and will update the post when we hear back.

Stephen Shankland 19 Sep, 2012

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