Windows 10: Internet Explorer gave itself permissions to my Microsoft Account. Discovered while...

To get started, I have Windows 11 in S mode.On 09/18/2023 while updating my Microsoft Account Privacy and Security settings, the Security Setting, Review Sign-In Activity, I saw the following message: “Browser/App” “Session Activity”“Internet Explorer”

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Microsoft Internet Explorer renamed to Windows Internet Explorer ?




Since version 7 of the world`s most popular web browser - Microsoft Internet Explorer was silently renamed to Windows Internet Explorer.Such a step from Microsoft is not a surprise since Internet Explorer is part of the Windows operation system for a long time.Obviously Microsoft corp. wants to state that Internet Explorer is already considered as a part of Windows and not as an external browser (remember the IE and WMP law issues last year!?).

 

Microsoft fixes Internet Explorer 7 phishing shield

Internet Explorer 7 was designed with security in mind. While there have been several flaws reported in the browser, Microsoft has so far been very good with patching them. When they discovered that Internet Explorer 7's phishing shield can get bogged down very quickly when viewing multiple web pages at once (or just a web page with a lot of content), Microsoft worked hard to find a fix. The problem lied in the way the phishing filter checks for bad sites. Instead of checking whether a site is on a pre-downloaded "naughty list" like Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7 asks Microsoft whether or not a site is good before loading it. A quick optimization patch was not included in the most recent "Patch Tuesday", but you can still get it here.

Source: CNET

 

Microsoft to Rebrand Internet Explorer

Mosaic and Netscape were always free.

Internet Explorer has a terrible reputation stemming mostly from the pre-SP2 XP era. In credit to Microsoft, it's actually quite a good browser now.