Microsoft security chief warns people ‘not to use its own Internet Explorer’ as the program is ‘outdated’

Tech giant's cyber-security chief says browser is outdated and developers no longer test their work on it

TECH giant Microsoft’s security chief has said its Internet Explorer should not be used as a main web browser.

Worldwide head of cyber-security Chris Jackson said the classic program was outdated.

Mr Jackson said developers no longer test their work in it, instead using more modern browsers — leading to problems for people who use it.

Some firms still rely on IE because their websites, built in its heyday, use the deep programming behind it.

And Mr Jackson said that while many sites still “work fine” in IE, it was really now just a “compatibility solution”.

He warned users: “We want you to use IE for sites that need it — I hope you don’t use it for everything else.”

IE once held 95 per cent of the market as it came with Windows computers.

Microsoft launched a successor called Edge in 2015 but it has struggled.

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