litford.NET // New Fangled Since 1982

We mentioned this several times on 65bits. But for the sake of being a nag (and also those who didn’t listen to 65bits), I’m going to repeat this again. Stop using Internet Explorer 6! In case you don’t know, IE6 was released in 2001. That’s 9 years ago. Internet has changed a lot since 2001. Cyber criminals have become smarter. What used to be a rather secure internet browser is no longer secure anymore. The most recent incident is the cyber attack on google and 20 other US companies. If company as big as Google can be attacked using security vulnerability found on IE6, what makes you think your company/home is safe to use IE6? And trust me, this is not the last time a vulnerability is found on IE6. There will be more. Several major websites has already stopped supporting IE6. Google will stop supporting IE6 from March 2010 onwards. More sites will follow soon. It’s just too much hassle for developer to make sure their website support IE6. Some Government agencies like Germany has advised their citizen to stop using IE6 because of the security issue. I wonder why IDA hasn’t issued statement to ask Singaporeans to stop using IE6. In fact, from what I understand, some Singapore Government agencies are still using IE6 because of legacy systems. I don’t know about you. I definitely don’t feel safe when my Government is still using IE6. They have too much sensitive data. I hope IDA do something about this quickly before something happens. If your company is still using IE6, please talk to your IT manager/director about it. Try to convince them that the company need to get off IE6 soon. It’s better to spend money now to upgrade those legacy software than lose important data to hackers. As of January 2010, estimates of IE6’s global market share ranged from 11-20%. That is a shocking high number for a Internet browser that is 9 year old. It’s time everyone stop using IE6 already. For the sake of security, switch to a newer browser. They are all free and easy to install. I personally like Chrome browser. Firefox is also not bad. If you like Internet Explorer’s look and feel, why not switch to IE8 instead? Or any browser but IE6. Come, let’s unite together and kill IE6. IE6 must die. Even Microsoft is advising everyone to upgrade their IE.