The same year, Microsoft sent flowers to a mock funeral hosted by a Denver-based Web design group. In early , Microsoft declared IE6 dead in the U. IE6's longevity can be attributed to two factors: Windows XP and China's largely-counterfeit love affair with the operating system. Secondly, China -- where XP remains the most popular PC operating system in part because it has been widely pirated -- remains the largest haven for IE6.
That day, however, seems far in the future , even with patches halted. Since it will no longer be patched, IE6, like its OS partner, will be an easy target for cybercriminals, who, security experts have argued, will reverse-engineer future updates on still-supported versions, like IE8 and Windows 7, to find vulnerabilities in the older code.
Security professionals have urged Windows XP users, and by association those running IE6, to abandon Microsoft's browsers for rivals, like Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox, which run on the aged operating system and will continue to receive bug fixes for at least the next 12 months. Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld.
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