It's about time...

[AgentCooper]

I am still occasionally forced to use it through work and it chips away at my soul every time I have to load it up.

Farewell (again) to Microsoft's Internet Explorer

Microsoft has set a deadline for retiring its legacy web browser from consumer versions of Windows 10.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Deleted member 41971]

 

[ubuysa]

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.....

 

[Martinr36]

Please let edge and chrome be next...........................

 

[Deleted member 41971]

Microsoft cuts Internet Explorer in latest Insider build of Windows 10

Internet Explorer is moving towards retirement, and it just took another big step in the latest Insider build of Windows 10.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

It was found back in 2019 that just having it installed led to a zero day vulnerability that microsoft never bothered to patch:

Warning: Internet Explorer Just Became A Silent But Serious Threat To Every Windows User

More than a billion PCs have Internet Explorer on them, and a new security flaw lets hackers spy on you and steal your data -- even if you never use the outdated web browser.

www.forbes.com

 

[ubuysa]

I thi

It was found back in 2019 that just having it installed led to a zero day vulnerability that microsoft never bothered to patch:

Warning: Internet Explorer Just Became A Silent But Serious Threat To Every Windows User

More than a billion PCs have Internet Explorer on them, and a new security flaw lets hackers spy on you and steal your data -- even if you never use the outdated web browser.

www.forbes.com

I think, though I can't be certain because I turn these sorts of things off as a matter of course now, that versions of Windows 10 since 20H1 have had Internet Explorer disabled by default and no default app set for MHT and MHTML files.

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

I thi

I think, though I can't be certain because I turn these sorts of things off as a matter of course now, that versions of Windows 10 since 20H1 have had Internet Explorer disabled by default and no default app set for MHT and MHTML files.

Yes, I think that’s right.

 

[Deleted member 41971]

only home use people still using internet explorer