For many of us who grew up on the internet in our teens and twenties, Internet Explorer was the first - and really the only - browser we used. Internet Explorer was hardened over the years, but it lagged behind its competitors, which sped ahead with frequent, almost invisible security updates and tougher sandboxing to prevent malware from running on the user's computer.Īs much as it's easy to hate on Internet Explorer, it's been with us for almost three decades since it debuted in Windows 95, and it's served us well.
Microsoft has patched Internet Explorer almost every month for the past two decades, trying to stay one step ahead of the hackers who find and exploit vulnerabilities in the browser to drop malware on their victims' computers.
Firefox or internet explorer for security software#
Virtually no other software has been subject to more security bugs than Internet Explorer, in large part due to its longevity. As the wider web's support for Internet Explorer dwindled, enterprises have also begun phasing out support for the browser.īut in ending support for Internet Explorer, Microsoft is parting ways with one of the most problematic security headaches in its history. For years, Microsoft has nudged Internet Explorer users toward its newer Edge browser as a more reliable and secure alternative to the ailing Internet Explorer, often in the most obnoxious ways possible by splashing on-screen ads the second you flirt with using a rival browser.
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