In short, updating Internet Explorer will make web browsing more enjoyable.
These settings are especially important if you use your browser to access campus business systems, or if you use your browser to access, send or receive sensitive information.
Important note: While making your browser more secure helps reduce the risk that someone will be able to use it to compromise your computer, it is still important to have safe computing habits so attackers get fewer chances to try.
If you’re still using a version of Windows that’s older than the ones listed above, then you’re already living on borrowed time — Microsoft ended support for Windows XP in April 2014, for example.
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