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While Internet Explorer may still work with some AOL products and services, it's no longer supported by Microsoft and can't be updated. Because of this, we recommend you download a supported browser for a more reliable and secure experience online.
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Browser security is the application of Internet security to web browsers in order to protect networked data and computer systems from breaches of privacy or malware. Security exploits of browsers often use JavaScript , sometimes with cross-site scripting (XSS) with a secondary payload using Adobe Flash .
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[9] [10] Version 1.0 was released in July 2008 (first non-beta release; first beta in changelog is from April). [11] [9] The browser by default renders the webpage using the WebKit-based engine adapted for Google Chrome, Blink, and when running in compatibility mode, it renders webpages using the Trident engine found in Internet Explorer. [12] [13]
Internet Explorer maintains a blacklist of bad controls ActiveX was controversial from the start; while Microsoft claimed programming ease and good performance compared to Java applets in its marketing materials, critics of ActiveX were quick to point out security issues and lack of portability, making it impractical for use outside protected ...
Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) is the eleventh and final version of the Internet Explorer web browser, by now retired (mostly).It was initially included in the release of Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 on October 17, 2013, and was later released for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on November 7, 2013.