Outdated software is the biggest security hazard

Stefan Mileschin · 25th January 2019, 10:23

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Avast’s PC Trends Report 2019 found that users are making themselves vulnerable by not implementing security patches and keeping outdated versions of popular applications on their PCs.

Applications, where updates were most frequently neglected, include Adobe Shockwave (96 percent), VLC Media Player (94 percent) and Skype (94 percent).

The report, which uses anonymised and aggregated data from 163 million devices across the globe, found that Windows 10 was installed on 40 percent of PCs, which is fast approaching the 43 percent share held by Windows 7.

More than 15 percent of all Windows 7 users and nine percent of all Windows 10 users worldwide are running older and no longer supported versions of their product such as Windows 7 Release to Manufacturing version from 2009 or the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update from early 2017.

https://fudzilla.com/news/48006-outd...ecurity-hazard

25th January 2019, 10:23	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,514	Outdated software is the biggest security hazard Best before expired Avast’s PC Trends Report 2019 found that users are making themselves vulnerable by not implementing security patches and keeping outdated versions of popular applications on their PCs. Applications, where updates were most frequently neglected, include Adobe Shockwave (96 percent), VLC Media Player (94 percent) and Skype (94 percent). The report, which uses anonymised and aggregated data from 163 million devices across the globe, found that Windows 10 was installed on 40 percent of PCs, which is fast approaching the 43 percent share held by Windows 7. More than 15 percent of all Windows 7 users and nine percent of all Windows 10 users worldwide are running older and no longer supported versions of their product such as Windows 7 Release to Manufacturing version from 2009 or the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update from early 2017. https://fudzilla.com/news/48006-outd...ecurity-hazard

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