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Microsoft Corp. challenged recommendations by European officials that people stop using its Internet Explorer browser because of a security hole that hackers exploited in the recent attack on Google Inc. and other companies.
In an unusual move, German and French agencies posted notices on their Web sites warning against using Internet Explorer and advising computer users to switch to alternatives.
The advisories appeared to give at least one Microsoft competitor a boost. Opera Software ASA, a Norwegian software company, said the number of downloads in Germany of its Opera browser doubled to 18,000 ...
In an unusual move, German and French agencies posted notices on their Web sites warning against using Internet Explorer and advising computer users to switch to alternatives.
The advisories appeared to give at least one Microsoft competitor a boost. Opera Software ASA, a Norwegian software company, said the number of downloads in Germany of its Opera browser doubled to 18,000 ...
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