BAD HARDWARE WEEK

The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security.
Microsoft rejected the warning, saying that the risk to users was low and that the browsers' increased security setting would prevent any serious risk.

"This is a vulnerability that was announced in the last couple of days. Microsoft have no patch yet and the implication is that this is the same one that exploited on the attacks on Google earlier this week," he said."The way to exploit this flaw has now appeared on the internet, so it is quite possible that everyone is now going to have a go."