Is Internet Explorer Dead 2021?

Is Internet Explorer Dead 2021?

After many years as the gold standard of internet browsers, Microsoft is phasing out Internet Explorer, officially ending support on August 17, 2021.

Will IE stop working in June 2022?

The future is Edge “The Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) desktop application will be retired on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10. This means that the IE11 desktop application will no longer be supported and afterward will redirect to Microsoft Edge if a user tries to access it.”

How many computers are affected by the Internet Explorer bug?

Between Chrome’s dominance and Edge becoming the default on new Windows machines, Internet Explorer is far from popular and is now used on around 8 percent of desktop computers. However, that still means around a hundred million machines could be affected by this bug. (Source: bbc.co.uk)

What happened to Internet Explorer 11?

Microsoft has confirmed it will kill off defunct Internet Explorer, and some Microsoft services can no longer be accessed in the IE11 desktop app as part of the phased discontinuation plan. After the deadline of June 2022 has passed, users of the unsupported browser will be redirected automatically to Microsoft Edge (Chromium).

Is Microsoft doing away with Internet Explorer completely?

The transformation may be complete but Microsoft isn’t doing away with Internet Explorer completely. Initially, users of Internet Explorer will be automatically redirected to Microsoft Edge when they attempt to visit websites in the retired browser. This change is now being tested with Insiders.

What is the Internet Explorer memory corruption vulnerability?

The bug affects versions 9 to 11 of Internet Explorer. It’s described as a “Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability.” In simple terms, that means the process Internet Explorer uses to turn a website’s code into the page shown on screen isn’t accessing the computer’s memory in the correct way.