Plus, as with Windows XP's prolonged swan song, Microsoft actually will continue to support some versions of IE for a little longer.
"Significantly reducing risk will require active removal similar to what occurred recently with Flash, but we anticipate threat actors will continue to evolve their tactics as they target Microsoft users." “While most of the vulnerabilities date back several years, users probably won’t stop relying on Internet Explorer, even when it’s officially killed by Microsoft," says Ryan Kalember, executive vice president of cybersecurity strategy at the enterprise security firm Proofpoint. And those who remain after that will stay exposed long term. That's why Microsoft will need to move even more users away over the next year. And attackers are still actively targeting the sliver of IE devices that remain. But as of November, the browser was still the fourth-most-popular for desktops, with 5.2 percent market share, ahead of Apple's Safari, according to data from the web analytics firm NetMarketShare. Microsoft has spent five years cutting off support for various versions. Even recently, when browsers like Chrome were receiving updates as needed, Microsoft updated IE only about once a month. Its sorry reputation came from Microsoft's practice of bundling IE into its operating system while simultaneously flouting best practices for browser development and then failing to promote and distribute patches quickly. “Yet another security-related browser bug has been uncovered, the sixth to affect Microsoft Internet Explorer this month,” WIRED wrote in March 1997. IE had speed, reliability, and performance issues, not to mention an endless parade of deeply problematic security issues. But its ubiquity should not be confused with popularity. IE launched in 1995 and came preinstalled on every Windows device for almost 20 years beginning in 1997. This week Microsoft finally took a step that's been years in the making: The company said it will retire its embattled Internet Explorer web browser on June 15, 2022.
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