As of April 8, 2014, technical assistance for Internet Explorer 8 from Microsoft will no be longer available, including security patches that help protect your PC.
If you continue to use Internet Explorer 8 after support ends, your computer will still work but it will become more vulnerable to security risks and expose your PC to additional threats so keep this in mind if you plan to connect your PC while using Internet Explorer 8 to surf the web after support ends.
To avoid the risks, choose and install one of the many free Internet browsers such as Chrome, Firefox and Opera.