PC users in the US have 2.7 billion vulnerable programs installed
By dk ~ June 26th, 2009, 11:54 pm. Filed under: News, Useful stuff.
Essential security starts with keeping your programs updated and plugging the holes used by criminals and malware. Secunia Personal Software Inspector helps users plug all the security holes on their machine.
The new version 1.5 of Secunia PSI is a major release, which includes many new features, improvements, and changes that significantly improve the Secunia PSI. One of the new features in the Secunia PSI advises the users about holes in browsers and the plug-ins used by the browsers. It offers a detailed insight into your browser and the programs and plugins, which expose you to attacks when you surf the Internet.
The Secunia PSI WorldMap shows the active users of the Secunia PSI all over the world – and their level of security, number of patched and unpatched programs etc. The information is interesting and fun to watch – but also quite terrifying, if you start putting a perspective on the information displayed:
1. In the US there are 227,000,000 Internet users.
2. Approximately 400,000 US based users got the Secunia PSI, they have an average of 4 unpatched programs.
3. The average non-PSI users in the US have 12 unpatched programs.
Facts:
1. The Secunia PSI have helped patch more than 3 million insecure programs in the US alone.
2. In the US there are at least 2.7 billion vulnerable programs installed – remember: the criminals only need one unpatched program to compromise your machine!
