I see that the German and French governments have both advised people not to use Internet Explorer - here's a piece from today's Guardian UK ignores fears over Internet Explorer despite French and German warnings

But over the weekend the German government advised citizens to stop using any version of Internet Explorer because of the possibility of attacks against it which could compromise the user's computer without their knowledge – and lead to the theft of data or incursions into corporate networks.

Today, the French government followed suit, issuing an advisory suggesting that all versions of Internet Explorer, which is included with Windows, are vulnerable to the attack that was used against Google, Adobe and an estimated 30 other western companies, by hackers originating in China.

I never use Internet Explorer myself, since Firefox is so much better - but I thought I'd pass the warning on anyway.