Update from the GP’s team.
Turns out it was a hoax! It is a clever one at that. It is amusing to see people coming out of the woodwork defending Internet Explorer (why?!).
According to consulting firm AptiQuant Internet Explorer uses have a below average IQ than those who use some of the newer up and coming browsers.
Check out this report from BBC news.
Thanks to Ben for this heads up.
So you may have heard on the grapevine that the German government are advising their poplous not to use Internet Explorer. Today they were joined the French sharing the same sentiment. So what’s all the fuss about?
Well it was all sparked by the recent cyber attacks in China for which Google have become embroiled. I won’t go into it in depth but basically it exposed another one of those lovely vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s flagging browser. The vulnerability is in all versions of IE but the advice is, if you insist on using IE make sure you’re running the latest version, IE8. To check your version load up IE, then click on help and then the about option. If you’re only on version 7 or even worse 6 go grab the latest version here.
Obviously those Firefox, Chrome and Safari users can chill out… for now!!!
Additional 26/01/2010
Microsoft have now released a patch for the vulnerability for all versions of IE. Direct download links can be found below.
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7