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US and UK Governments Advise Avoiding Internet Explorer Until Bug Fixed

Posted by samzenpus on from the patch-please dept.

martiniturbide (1203660) writes "Reuters is reporting that 'The U.S. and UK governments on Monday advised computer users to consider using alternatives to Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer browser until the company fixes a security flaw that hackers used to launch attacks.' The article states that 'The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team said in an advisory released on Monday that the vulnerability in versions 6 to 11 of Internet Explorer could lead to "the complete compromise" of an affected system.'"

3 of 153 comments (clear)

  1. Re: Government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Numerous NYS web pages whos use is MANDATED for local government REQUIRES IE 8. For the Win7 machines (dictated by HIPPA as securable) we have to disable ActiveX security, add it to trusted sites, AND fire up the developer tools to get it into IE 7 compatability. The page I am specifically thinking of is the Department of Health... you know where all your medical records are.

    Security is poorly spun illusion at this point. If the feds wanted the Internet to be secure then they should have reigned in the spooks in the beginning.

  2. Re:Oh Noes! by sharknado · · Score: 3, Informative

    Butterfly communication has become unreliable due to destruction of milkweed corridors. http://thinkprogress.org/clima...

  3. Actual recommendation from US gov by jader3rd · · Score: 1, Informative

    "US-CERT recommends that users and administrators review Microsoft Security Advisory 2963983 for mitigation actions and workarounds."
    But don't confuse that with recommending not to use the browser.