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Microsoft Warns That Google, Adobe, and Others Still Use IE6/IE7 Are at Risk

Time: 08:58 EST/13:58 GMT | News Source: Daily Tech | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

Stale software products are endangering users, says Microsoft

It's been over eight years since Internet Explorer 6 was released (August 2001) and over three years since Internet Explorer 7 was released (October 2006). However, many IT departments cling to the stale browsers, rather than upgrading to Internet Explorer 8, which was released last March. Justifications for not upgrading are diverse and include potential compatibility issues with applications, the cost in manpower hours to switch to the new browser, and the potential expense of buying new tools to manage the newer browser.

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#1 By 12071 (203.210.68.145) at Monday, January 18, 2010 06:33:59 PM

There's plenty of reasons to upgrade - security may be one of them - but hurry up and upgrade people! My company still uses IE6 as part of the standard build - I would imagine that getting IT teams to get the new version, test it, verify it against all in-house built systems/apps etc either takes a long time or is seen as less important in light of other upgrades... it has to be something as large companies simply are not upgrading. So for all the comments made about IE's brilliant manageability and support in the corporate space.... it's either not all it's cracked up to be, not trusted, not known about or simply not used!

#2 By 228224 (74.59.86.16) at Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:22:18 PM

Maybe it's time for microsoft to change it's support for IE? Right now, IE is supported for as long as the OS is supported. So right now IE5 is still supported for Win 2000 [until July]. IE6 for Win 2000 is alsp being supported until July. IE6 for XP will still have another 4 years of life - lasting at the end for 14 years.

I think it's time for Microsoft to halt support for IE after 5 years -regardless of the OS.

A month or 2 before the expiration, any browser that is about to expire would notify the user of the expiry and give links to upgrade. At 5 years the browser should cease to function. THis so that the user can't use a vulnerable browser. If they upgrade to a recent IE, the user's favourites and setting will then function.

That's my thought.

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