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Dept. of Homeland Security Says to Stop Using IE

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the warning-is-years-late-in-coming dept.

LWATCDR writes "I have been saying this for a long time but now it is offical. From Yahoo News: 'The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team touched off a storm this week when it recommended for security reasons using browsers other than Microsoft's Internet Explorer.'" In related news, rocketjam writes "According to Wired, the widespread Internet Explorer security exploit last week and CERT's subsequent recommendation that IE users should consider switching to another browser has resulted in a large spike in downloads of the Mozilla Organization's Mozilla and Firefox web browsers."

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  1. In other news ... by arhar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... this just in: a snowstorm warning from Hell!

  2. Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why not just call jihad[?]
    I thought that's what we were doing here...

  3. Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later by rcamans · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hey -
    They have plugged many a hole in the past few months.
    Just ask all the sorry suckers with sore butts.
    Like all their customers, for instance.
    heh heh heh

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  4. Re:Bad Bureaucrat! Naughty! by cyfer2000 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, they will recommend every one stop using Windoze come with IE.

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  5. Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later by ucblockhead · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They're geeks. They're not getting laid anyway.

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