Microsoft has announced that starting early next year, the company will be ending support for older versions of Internet Explorer, including Internet Explorer 7/8/9/10, which means those edition will no longer receive the latest security updates, compatibility fixes, and technical support, making them highly vulnerable to malicious attacks, harmful viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
Starting January 12, 2016 Internet Explorer 11 will be the last edition supported by Microsoft on on Windows 7/8.1/10, as part of the company effort to bring IE users to Microsoft Edge.
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