Dutch won't warn against using Internet Explorer

While French and German web users have been told to avoid Internet Explorer, the Dutch government has no plans to issue a similar warning.

Hackers published a malicious code online last week, making it possible to remotely access people’s personal computers by installing software on them when they visit certain sites using Internet Explorer. Several US companies were targeted by the scam and Germany and France warned users they should not use Microsoft’s browser. The Dutch government says it won’t follow the example set by its neighbours. There’s no point warning computer users to swap to another browser because none of them are completely safe, according to Ella Broos from the Dutch internet security agency Govcert:

“We don’t see a lot of abuse of this vulnerability [in Internet Explorer] so we think the threat is not big enough to give such a warning… Mostly we give a warning and at the same time we offer advice about the solution, and how to fix this. At the moment there is no solution so when we warn computer users, we create more panic than is necessary.”

Note EU-Digest: The Dutch are putting their head in the sand. This is the typical way Dutch society deals with problems that have been caused by the corporate world today. They don't want to rock the boat. It was quite different story in the past when the Dutch were on the front-line of change and protest against human rights or corporate abuses

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