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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Survey: Many Microsoft Patches Are Going Uninstalled - Jabulani Leffall, Campus Technology
The results of an online test conducted by U.K. anti-virus firm Sophos found that more often than not, PC users don't install Microsoft's monthly patches. The results, released Monday, were gathered from 40 days' worth of data from a sample group of 580 PCs in corporate environments, 80 percent of which failed one or more basic security tests. Moreover, 63 percent were found lacking at least one Microsoft patch on the OS level, the Office and application levels, or the browser and media player component levels. Bill Emerick, Sophos' vice president of product management, said in a prepared statement, "Machines that fail such a test represent 'low-hanging fruit' for cybercriminals and [are] a real danger to their corporate networks."
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