It is important to keep any web browser you are using updated to the latest release. Your browser is your window to the Internet and will serve as your first line of defense against any malicious websites you may accidentally come across. Additionally, many websites, especially those where you may have personal information stored such as bank or email websites, are constantly updating their website technology to ensure that the page is safe and secure. In order to take advantage of these security enhancements, you will need to have a browser that can support those features.
Security is not always backwards compatible. When security risks are found in browsers, the designers of those browsers release updates to the browser software to make sure that hackers cannot gain access to them easily. Additionally, website designers will update their own code to take advantage of new security features as well. However, in order to take advantage of these new protections, you will need to make sure your browser stays updated.
EarthLink looks for outdated browsers and provides a notification on its secure websites if you need to update your browser. The message may look like the following:
You are using a browser that is no longer supported. Please click here to learn more.
If you have seen this and have been directed to this page, it is because the browser you are using is out of date and may pose a security risk to you when browsing third party pages on the internet. Additionally, it may not be able to take advantage of features and security updates to our EarthLink websites. It is highly recommended that you update your browser to the latest version. Failure to update your browser, could result in some features not working correctly on various websites.
EarthLink supports the latest update version of the following browsers. If you are not sure if your current browser is supported, use your browser's update feature.
Some older operating systems, like Window XP, may still limited support from their manufacturers. While many features of EarthLink sites may still work, we cannot guarantee that all features will be available.