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15:17 2nd March 2010
Window users across Europe are to be offered browser choices following a deal between Microsoft and the European Commission.
Starting from Monday, a pop-up window will ask users whether they want to choose and install one of 12 different browsers or continue using Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE).
The update will not be seen by those who already run a different default browser, such as Firefox, Safari or Chrome.
According to web stats firm Net Applications, IE is used by 62 per cent of the market share, with Firefox being its closest rival at24 per cent.
In other news, Microsoft has been given the green light by a Virginia court to cut off 277 internet domains associated with Waledac botnet, one of the ten biggest networks of compromised computers in the US and a major source of spam and malware.
The legal and industry operation against Waledac has closed connections to the large majority of the botnet-infected computers, according to Tim Cranton, associate general counsel for Microsoft.
Written by Hannah James
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