France has echoed calls by the German government for web users to find an alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) to protect security.

Certa, a government agency that oversees cyber threats, warned against using all versions of the web browser.

Germany warned users on Friday after malicious code – implicated in attacks on Google – was published online. Source: BBC.

Personally I’ve not used internet Explorer for years – it makes security sense not to use the most popular browsers, hackers aren’t going to bother with one of the less used browsers they’ll want to maximise their potential victims – I’ve been happily using Firefox although that’s gaining in popularity so it might be time to change

Google Chrome
I quite like Chrome although it’s a little bare for some – my wife in particular

Maxthon
Very popular in China and is based around a security patched Internet Explorer engine – but it remains vulnerable to Internet Explorer’s flaws: so it might be out of the frying pan into the fire

Opera
One many mobile phone users will be familiar with and possibly the quickest browser around.

Safari
Developed by Apple and one which Apple Mac users will be familiar.

SeaMonkey
An integrated suite that’s based on the venerable Netscape Communicator – Netscape the browser that dominated in the days when you paid money for a browser.

Wikipedia lists plenty of other browsers – of course there is absolutely no guarantee that these are any better than Internet Explorer – it’s just attempting safety in lack of numbers.