Internet Explorer is dead: Microsoft to stop supporting early versions today Tuesday January 12,2016

 

Microsoft has begun killing off its Internet Explorer browser

From today, the firm will no longer support Internet Explorer versions 7, 8, 9 and 10 on most operating systems.

'Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical supports and security updates,' Microsoft said

'Internet Explorer 11 is the last version of Internet Explorer, and will continue to receive security updates, compatibility fixes, and technical support on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10.

Instead, it will push users towards Windows 10 and Edge, the new browser Microsoft created for the latest version of Windows. 

 

Internet Explorer, which was first called Windows Internet Explorer, was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 in 1995, but since then it has gained a lacklustre reputation