Showing posts with label internet explorer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet explorer. Show all posts

Thursday, July 13, 2023

The patches that never end

from here and here

Maybe you thought Internet Explorer would be ancient history by now, but unfortunately Microsoft is still making security updates for it.

Friday, February 17, 2023

Give yourself to the update

from here and here

It's the update we've all been waiting for. The one that removes Internet Explorer.

Friday, December 9, 2022

Microsoft's IE, they put that shit in everything

from here and here

Thanks to Microsoft's misguided efforts to make their inferior browser an integral part of the Windows platform, the IE rendering engine was stuck into all sorts of things - and now, even though the browser has long since been deprecated, governmental hackers are still using IE exploits to break into systems because IE is embedded into MS Office products. Thanks for nothing, Microsoft.

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

No longer the best browser for downloading other browsers

from here and here (image source)

Internet Explorer is finally dead, sort of. There won't be any more updates so you better get rid of it, but the underlying engine is still embedded in the operating system and Edge will still use the IE rendering engine for it's IE mode for many years to come.

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Even Google fails at asset management

from here

This is your irregular reminder to check your network to see if there are any servers on it that don't need to be there anymore. One less server is one less thing to patch and one less thing that could be exploited in the absence of a patch (and if it's been running for 21 years you've got to think it's missing a few patches)..