This week, Microsoft finally put Internet Explorer out to pasture for good. Goodbye, or good riddance? Here's what our writer thought when Microsoft announced it a year ago. (From 2021)
, you've had a preview of what will likely happen with Internet Explorer. Microsoft 365 and other apps will end support for all versions of IE on August 17, and Internet Explorer 11 will fully retire a little more than a year from now. But even then, versions of Internet Explorer will linger on computers that don't receive updates, potentially including those in manufacturing and critical infrastructure settings.
“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. "Significantly reducing risk will require active removal similar to what occurred recently, but we anticipate threat actors will continue to evolve their tactics as they target Microsoft users.
Plus, as with Windows XP's prolonged swan song, Microsoft actually will continue to support some versions of IE for a little longer. Server Internet Explorer 11 won't lose support next year, nor will the IE that's in Microsoft's Windows 10 enterprise LTSC program . To deal with legacy websites that were purpose-built to IE's specifications years ago, Microsoft has an IE mode in Edge that can still load the pages. Overall, though, the average web user shouldn't encounter major issues, or any issues really, switching to any current browser. But old habits die hard, and Internet Explorer will likely haunt the recesses of the web for a while longer.
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