Sun, Dec 30 2007 6:07 Don

One-fifth of Windows apps go unpatched

One in five applications installed on Windows PCs are missing security patches, a Copenhagen-based vulnerability tracker has reported.

According to Secunia APS, more than 20% of the applications scanned by its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) utility were open to attack because available fixes for security flaws had not been applied.

"More than 20% of all applications installed on users' PCs have known security flaws, but the users have yet to install the patch provided by the vendor of [the] product," said Jakob Balle, Secunia's development manager, in a post to the company's blog last week.

Story continues at computerworld.com 

 

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