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Microsoft has a new revelation on its website.  It declares that it is putting a stop to the support for earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser. It is asking users to upgrade to the latest version of the browser, Edge, or IE 11. Otherwise, their systems will be open to hackers.

Microsoft Edge is called Microsoft's "all-new browser" for Windows 10. It is reputed to be speedier as well as more streamlined, with novel features such as "instant sharing, built-in note taking, a special reading mode, and integration with Microsoft's riff of Siri, Cortana".

IE had suffered a decline last March after Microsoft announced that the 20-year-old browser was going to be supplanted by Microsoft Edge. That was called only Project Spartan at the time.

IE had already been getting overtaken by Google's Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, with Project Spartan struggling to start on a new footing.

At last, from Jan. 12, 2016, just Internet Explorer 11 will get "security updates, security fixes and technical support" on the Windows OS', while IE 8, 9 and 10 will be left on a limbo.

However, not even IE 11 is safe and "will only be supported for the life cycle of Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, and is only really being kept alive for the sake of enterprise compatibility", reported HNGN. "Afterwards Microsoft Edge, which is capable of launching IE 11 for sites that require better backward compatibility, will be Microsoft's go-to Internet browser."