An online advisory has been released by Microsoft Australia that advises internet users to upgrade their Internet Explorer to the latest version. Microsoft has compared Internet Explorer 6 to a nine-year-old milk that no one would drink.

According to Smart Office, Microsoft stated, "You would not drink nine-year-old milk, so why use a nine-year-old browser?"

Internet Explorer 6 offered a cutting edge security when it was launched back in 2001. Ever since then, the Internet Explorer 6 security features have become obsolete as the Internet began to evolve. Internet Explorer 8 is intended to cope with the cyber crime of modern days with the latest high-tech security features, which is in fact proven by research studies.

Microsoft Australia intends to convince users to switch to Internet Explorer 8 and demonstrated that the browser was able to detect socially engineered malwares 85% of the time, has more advantages compared to the older versions which includes anti-malware protection, malware detection on download, and build in Cross-site Script Filter (XSS), and also bids new features deliberated to protect user privacy.

Smart Office also stated that a variety of online reports discloses that Microsoft's share of the browser market is now less than 60%, while Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers are beginning to gain share in the market.