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| Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: Computer Weekly | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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A number of security bodies and industry experts, including the US government-backed CERT, and non-profit Sans Institute, have urged companies to consider Microsoft alternatives. These include Netscape, Opera, Mozilla and Apple's Safari. Richard Brain, technical director at security consultant ProCheckup, said: "It is a good idea to use other, safer browsers like Firefox by default, and the more complex, buggy Internet Explorer to access those sites which will only work with IE. "IE is an overly complex bit of software that should really get back to its simpler roots as a web browser, so that Microsoft developers can simplify it and remove its security holes," he said | ||
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