Germans develop nasty case of IE jitters

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Morton Maser <MBMaser () msn com>
Date: September 15, 2004 4:48:23 AM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Fw: [ISN] Germans develop nasty case of IE jitters


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Subject: [ISN] Germans develop nasty case of IE jitters


> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/13/german_ie_jitters/
>
> By Jan Libbenga
> 13th September 2004
>
> Michael Dickopf, spokesman for the German Federal Office for
> Information Security (BSI), has told the Berliner Zeitung that
> internet users should switch from Internet Explorer to Mozilla or
> Opera. Dickopf says Internet Explorer is hazard-prone, attracting too
> many viruses and worms. BSI already uses a combination of alternative
> browsers, Dickopf told the paper.
>
> Dickopf's comments are bad news for Microsoft. BSI is the central IT
> security service provider for the German government. Its
> recommendations are usually taken extremely seriously.
>
> The Federation of German Consumer Organisations (Vzbv), a
> non-governmental organisation acting as an umbrella for 38 German
> consumer associations, also warns users to be careful when using
> Internet Explorer. Online banking scams and identity theft are
> proliferating in Germany due to security exploits in Microsoft's
> browser or in its email client Outlook (Express). Recently, several
> customers of Dresdner Bank have fallen victim to a Trojan horse
> program, which snatched their banking passports.
>
> Microsoft Germany denies that Internet Explorer is less safe than
> other browsers and says that it offers patches as soon as an exploit
> is discovered.
>
> It isn't the first time that governmental agencies issue warnings
> about Internet Explorer. In 2002 The Department of Homeland Security's
> US Computer Emergency Readiness Team touched off a storm when it
> recommended for security reasons using browsers other than Microsoft's
> Internet Explorer.
>
>
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