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I'm guessing that there are two factors: 1. tons of pirated intalls that can't be upgraded and 2. botnets from China that over-represent the amount actual ie6
by OstiaAntica 16y ago
I'm guessing that there are two factors:
1. tons of pirated intalls that can't be upgraded and
2. botnets from China that over-represent the amount actual ie6 traffic
- xpaulbettsx 16y agoIn Korea specifically, there's a huge ActiveX site base still, especially for government and banking sites.
- zdw 16y agoSome background: Korea historically required SEED for encryption, not SSL, which prevented competition in the browser market: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEED http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEED
- Elepsis 16y agoThis would certainly explain the market share of IE in general, but IE 7, 8 and 9 each support ActiveX as well, so I can't imagine that alone is a factor.
- shii 16y agoI'm also guessing Maxthon[1] has a large browser share in China and you'll notice that MSIE6 is in its userstring[2], which could possibly be diluting the results for pure IE6 instead of those with the same engine (Trident[3]). [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxthon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxthon [2]: http://www.useragentstring.com/_uas_Maxthon_version_.php http://www.useragentstring.com/_uas_Maxthon_version_.php [3]: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(layout_engine)
- est 16y agoPirated doesn't mean can't be upgraded. Pirated means you can upgrade whatever you want without WGA.