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Pennsylvania State U. Advises Computer Users on Its Network Not to Use Microsoft Browser
By VINCENT KIERNAN
Worried about persistent security flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, officials at the Pennsylvania State University system have taken the unusual step of recommending that students, professors, and staff members stop using the popular Web browser.
"The threats are real, and alternatives exist," the university said in an announcement posted on its Web site this week.
Penn State appears to be the first American college to recommend against the use of Internet Explorer. However, the CERT Coordination Center, a federal computer-security center operated by Carnegie Mellon University, made a similar recommendation to the public earlier this year.
Internet Explorer, which is distributed free by the Microsoft Corporation, has more than 90 percent of the worldwide browser market. That popularity has made it a favorite target of hackers, who take advantage of the fact that Internet Explorer is much more closely integrated with the Windows operating system than are other browsers. Some security experts also say that Internet Explorer is riddled with bugs.
Just this month, Microsoft disclosed that a hacker could seize control of computers that used Internet Explorer to browse a Web site that contained computer coding written by the hacker. The corporation released a patch to correct that defect.
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Pennsylvania State U. Advises Computer Users on Its Network Not to Use Microsoft Browser
By VINCENT KIERNAN
Worried about persistent security flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, officials at the Pennsylvania State University system have taken the unusual step of recommending that students, professors, and staff members stop using the popular Web browser.
"The threats are real, and alternatives exist," the university said in an announcement posted on its Web site this week.
Penn State appears to be the first American college to recommend against the use of Internet Explorer. However, the CERT Coordination Center, a federal computer-security center operated by Carnegie Mellon University, made a similar recommendation to the public earlier this year.
Internet Explorer, which is distributed free by the Microsoft Corporation, has more than 90 percent of the worldwide browser market. That popularity has made it a favorite target of hackers, who take advantage of the fact that Internet Explorer is much more closely integrated with the Windows operating system than are other browsers. Some security experts also say that Internet Explorer is riddled with bugs.
Just this month, Microsoft disclosed that a hacker could seize control of computers that used Internet Explorer to browse a Web site that contained computer coding written by the hacker. The corporation released a patch to correct that defect.
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