The full quote "This workaround may make a computer or a network more vulnerable to attack by malicious users or by malicious software such as viruses. We do not recommend this workaround but are providing this information so that you can implement this workaround at your own discretion. Use this workaround at your own risk," appears on the ZDNET article itself, and is directly attributed to Microsoft by the articles author - Liam Tung.
As you have pointed out, Microsoft has NOT said any of those words, nor have they even hinted at anything to that effect. Basically, Liam Tung has been caught with his pants on fire, and you should look at anything else he's ever written or will write about Microsoft with a very large grain of salt. Because, as terrible as Microsoft might be, Liam is going to twist everything into the worst possible light regardless of truth or accuracy, all for the sake of clicks.