Detect if any kind of IE (MSIE) [duplicate]

Answer 1

This works for me to detect any Version of the IE 5-11 (Internet Explorer) (Aug/05/2014):

if (navigator.appName == 'Microsoft Internet Explorer' ||  !!(navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident/) || navigator.userAgent.match(/rv:11/)) || (typeof $.browser !== "undefined" && $.browser.msie == 1))
{
  alert("Please dont use IE.");
}