SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Microsoft shares traded in the red Wednesday, but the software giant's stock appeared not to feel a significant negative impact from a government group's warning against using the Internet Explorer Web browser.

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, known as CERT, issued a "vulnerability note" saying that computer users should not use the Internet Explorer browser because of security vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit to launch attacks on personal computers and corporate networks.

The security lapses can cause a Web site to make the browser think, in effect, that it is running a program that violates its security settings. The Web site can then be used to do anything from recording keystrokes, which make it easier to steal passwords and credit-card numbers, to installing pop-up-ad programs.

CERT is suggesting that computer users take steps such as applying security updates to Outlook e-mail programs and maintaining antivirus software, and using alternative Web browsers.
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That's what happend when your 95 percent control of browser market you become target from hackers. now if they wouldn't built ie into the damn os it would be less severe, and wouldn't have so much of these problems. apparently ms is not learning from the mistakes and the next os aka longhorn is going to suffer the same faith as xp as having ie built into it. there's two major flaws are out right now this one is one of them, if i find the link to the other one i be sure to post it here. mozilla, firefox, and opera are not affect by this flaw. in the mean time turn ur security up in ie or switch to the different browser aka mozilla, firefox(firefox is still in a prealpha stage not for everyday use, i recommend you use mozilla 1.7 for you everyday use.) and or use opera 7.51 or use the upcoming netscape 7.2