A closed InPrivate tab is recovered when you press Ctrl+Shift+T in Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8

Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

In this scenario, the InPrivate tab is recovered.

Note InPrivate tabs should not be recoverable after they are closed.

To resolve this issue, install the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To do this, go to the following Microsoft website:

Notes

This update was first included in the following security update:
2792100 MS13-009: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer: February 12, 2013
For more technical information about the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, go to the following Microsoft websites:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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