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the sites in a zone are subject to the restrictions internet explorer 6 sp2 onwards uses the attachment execution service of microsoft windows to mark executable files downloaded from the internet as being potentially unsafe accessing files marked as such will prompt the user to make an explicit trust decision to execute the file as executables originating from the internet can be potentially unsafe this helps in preventing the accidental installation of malware internet explorer 7 introduced the phishing filter which restricts access to phishing sites unless the user overrides the decision with version 8 it also blocks access to sites known to host malware downloads are also checked to see if they are known to be malware infected in windows vista internet explorer by default runs in what is called protected mode where the privileges of the browser itself are severely restricted it cannot make any system wide changes one can optionally turn this mode off but this is not recommended this also effectively restricts the privileges of any add ons as a result even if the browser or any add on is compromised the damage the security breach can cause is limited patches and updates to the browser are released periodically and made available through the windows update service as well as through automatic updates although security patches continue to be released for a range of platforms most feature additions and security infrastructure improvements are only made available on operating systems that are in microsoft s mainstream support phase on december 16 2008 trend micro recommended users switch to rival browsers until an emergency patch was released to fix a potential security risk which could allow outside users to take control of a person s computer and steal their passwords microsoft representatives countered this recommendation claiming that 0 02 of internet sites were affected by the flaw a fix for the issue was released the following day with the security update for internet explorer kb960714 on microsoft windows update 84 85 in 2010 germany s federal office for information security known by its german initials bsi advised temporary use of alternative browsers because of a critical security hole in microsoft s software that could allow hackers to remotely plant and run malicious code on windows pcs 86 in 2011 a report by accuvant funded by google rated the security based on sandboxing of internet explorer worse than google chrome but better than mozilla firefox 87 88 a 2017 browser security white paper comparing google chrome microsoft edge and internet explorer 11 by x41 d sec in 2017 came to similar conclusions also based on sandboxing and support of legacy web technologies 89 security vulnerabilities edit see also comparison of web browsers security and vulnerabilities internet explorer has been subjected to many security vulnerabilities and concerns such that the volume of criticism for ie is unusually high much of the spyware adware and computer viruses across the internet are made possible by exploitable bugs and flaws in the security architecture of internet explorer sometimes requiring nothing more than viewing of a malicious web page to install themselves this is known as a drive by install there are also attempts to trick the user into installing malicious software by misrepresenting the software s true purpose in the description section of an activex security alert a number of security flaws affecting ie originated not in the browser itself but in activex based add ons used by it because the add ons have the same privilege as ie the flaws can be as critical as browser flaws this has led to the activex based architecture being criticized for being fault prone by 2005 some experts maintained that the dangers of activex had been overstated and there were safeguards in place 90 in 2006 new techniques using automated testing found more than a hundred vulnerabilities in standard microsoft activex components 91 security features introduced in internet explorer 7 mitigated some of these vulnerabilities in 2008 internet explorer had a number of published security vulnerabilities according to research done by security research firm secunia microsoft did not respond as quickly as its competitors in fixing security holes and making patches available 92 the firm also reported 366 vulnerabilities in activex controls an increase from the previous year according to an october 2010 report in the register researcher chris evans had detected a known security vulnerability which then dating back to 2008 had not been fixed for at least six hundred days 93 microsoft says that it had known about this vulnerability but it was of exceptionally low severity as the victim web site must be configured in a peculiar way for this attack to be feasible at all 94 in december 2010 researchers were able to bypass the protected mode feature in internet explorer 95 vulnerability exploited in attacks on u s firms edit main article operation aurora the most used web browser per country in 2020 96 in an advisory on january 14 2010 microsoft said that attackers targeting google and other u s companies used software that exploits a security hole which had already been patched in internet explorer the vulnerability affected internet explorer 6 from on windows xp and server 2003 ie6 sp1 on windows 2000 sp4 ie7 on windows vista xp server 2008 and server 2003 ie8 on windows 7 vista xp server 2003 and server 2008 r2 97 the german government warned users against using internet explorer and recommended switching to an alternative web browser due to the major security hole described above that was exploited in internet explorer 98 the australian and french government issued a similar warning a few days later 99 100 101 102 major vulnerability across versions edit on april 26 2014 microsoft issued a security advisory relating to cve 2014 1776 use after free vulnerability in microsoft internet explorer 6 through 11 103 a vulnerability that could allow remote code execution in internet explorer versions 6 to 11 104 on april 28 2014 the united states department of homeland security s united states computer emergency readiness team us cert released an advisory stating that the vulnerability could result in the complete compromise of an affected system 105 us cert recommended reviewing microsoft s suggestions to mitigate an attack or using an alternate browser until the bug is fixed 106 107 the uk national computer emergency response team cert uk published an advisory announcing similar concerns and for users to take the additional step of ensuring their antivirus software is up to date 108 symantec a cyber security firm confirmed that the vulnerability crashes internet explorer on windows xp 109 the vulnerability was resolved on may 1 2014 with a security update 110 market adoption and usage share edit see also history of internet explorer market adoption and usage share and usage share of web browsers usage share of web browsers according to statcounter historical market share of internet explorer the adoption rate of internet explorer seems to be closely related to that of microsoft windows as it is the default web browser that comes with windows since the integration of internet explorer 2 0 with windows 95 osr 1 in 1996 and especially after version 4 0 s release in 1997 the adoption was greatly accelerated from below 20 in 1996 to about 40 in 1998 and over 80 in 2000 this made microsoft the winner in the infamous first browser war against netscape netscape navigator was the dominant browser during 1995 and until 1997 but rapidly lost share to ie starting in 1998 and eventually slipped behind in 1999 the integration of ie with windows led to a lawsuit by aol netscape s owner accusing microsoft of unfair competition the infamous case was eventually won by aol but by then it was too late as internet explorer had already become the dominant browser internet explorer peaked during 2002 and 2003 with about 95 share its first notable competitor after beating netscape was firefox from mozilla which itself was an offshoot from netscape firefox 1 0 had surpassed internet explorer 5 in early 2005 with firefox 1 0 at 8 percent market share 111 approximate usage over time based on various usage share counters averaged for the year overall or for the fourth quarter or for the last month in the year depending on availability of reference 112 113 114 115 116 117 according to statcounter internet explorer s market share fell below 50 in september 2010 118 in may 2012 google chrome overtook internet explorer as the most used browser worldwide according to statcounter 119 industry adoption edit browser helper objects are also used by many search engines companies and third parties for creating add ons that access their services such as search engine toolbars because of the use of com it is possible to embed web browsing functionality in third party applications hence there are several internet explorer shells and several content centric applications like realplayer also use internet explorer s web browsing module for viewing web pages within the applications removal edit main article removal of internet explorer this section does not cite any sources please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed november 2021 learn how and when to remove this template message while a major upgrade of internet explorer can be uninstalled in a traditional way if the user has saved the original application files for installation the matter of uninstalling the version of the browser that has shipped with an operating system remains a controversial one the idea of removing a stock install of internet explorer from a windows system was proposed during the united states v microsoft corp case one of microsoft s arguments during the trial was that removing internet explorer from windows may result in system instability indeed programs that depend on libraries installed by ie including windows help and support system fail to function without ie before windows vista it was not possible to run windows update without ie because the service used activex technology which no other web browser supports impersonation by malware edit the popularity of internet explorer led to the appearance of malware abusing its name on january 28 2011 a fake internet explorer browser calling itself internet explorer emergency mode appeared it closely resembled the real internet explorer but had fewer buttons and no search bar if a user attempted to launch any other browser such as google chrome mozilla firefox opera safari or the real internet explorer this browser would be loaded instead it also displayed a fake error message claiming that the computer was infected with malware and internet explorer had entered emergency mode it blocked access to legitimate sites such as google if the user tried to 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