French Government calls on internet users to abandon Internet Explorer

"WEB users have been warned against using Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) because of a security threat.

"Two countries - France and Germany - have now issued warnings, while Microsoft has urged users to upgrade to IE8.

"Germany warned users Friday after a malicious code - implicated in recent attacks on Google - was published online, and now Certa, a French Government agency that oversees cyber threats, has warned against using all recent versions of the web browser."

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