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Secunia: Average PC User Has Dozen Unpatched Apps

Posted by Kara Reeder Jun 29, 2009 1:13:13 PM

According to Secunia, the average PC user has a dozen insecure applications installed. InformationWeek reports that PC users install about 80 applications and 15 percent of those are not up to date.

 

Secunia believes that keeping programs up-to-date trumps running anti-virus software or using a firewall.

"Unpatched programs can lead to silent installations of malicious code simply by visiting a Web site, opening a PDF, a movie, or other 'innocent' looking file types and content."

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