28% of software is not patched by security

Security firm Secunia said that more than a quarter of the software used on PCs is not installed with the necessary security patches.

Multimedia software is the most open application. Specifically, 33% of Apple Quicktime software and 27% of Winamp software have not been patched with serious security holes.

The situation seems brighter for web browser software. Only 5.4% Firefox is not allowed to install patches. With IE 7 is 9.6% and 12% for Opera browser.

The above statistics are the results that Secunia gathered through the Software Inspector application - an online tool capable of scanning users' PC to determine if the software on the PC has been fully installed. patch yet.

Secunia said that the proportion of unlicensed Microsoft applications is relatively low because the world's number one software company regularly releases monthly a security update for every product. For other applications, users often ignore because they have almost no information.

" This is really an alarming situation because Winamp and Quicktime are very popular. These software always start up when users encounter multimedia files ," said Jakob Balle - an expert. Secunia - said.

Especially for the corporate environment, this situation is even more dangerous. Only a small software error can be exploited by hackers and cause unexpected disasters.

Hoang Dung