Last week, Google announced that its applications such as Google Docs would no longer support IE6 beginning March 1. Google’s move may have been prompted by the recent news that a vulnerability in IE6 was exploited by Chinese cyber-terrorists to attack U.S. companies, including Google, late last year.
If you are one of the estimated 45 million Americans still using version 6 of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser, it may finally be time to update to Internet Explorer 8, thanks to a shove from Google.
Google’s announcement came just one week after Germany, Australia and France issued warnings to the public against using IE6.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-002 was made available to all Windows users through the Windows Update feature.
But patching the 8 1/2 year old program will not solve all user problems because many Web sites have phased out support for IE6. Facebook and YouTube phased out support prior to Google’s announcement, and Microsoft itself will drop its support by 2014. Rather than waiting for a prompt to upgrade, computer users can easily do it before they run into delays.
An easy upgrade
The first step is to determine the browser and its version running on your computer. An easy way is to open your browser and type in http://www.WhatBrowser.org, a site created by Google for just this purpose. The Web site will display the name of your browser and its current version number.
If it’s Internet Explorer 6, it’s time to update.
This feature allows installations to be made when they are less likely to interrupt your workflow.Click okay and return to the Windows Update information box. Click on ‘Install Updates.’
If you were not previously using this automated feature, it is likely Microsoft Windows has a backlog of updates before it can proceed with the IE8 update.
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