Firefox is a serious risk on many PCs

Firefox is a serious risk on many PCs -Golden times for online criminals: nearly 80 programs are usually installed on a PC--many of them riddled by vulnerabilities. The most leaks are stuffed while quickly, but users can install the updates often far too late. Firefox becomes a significant risk. We call the most dangerous bodies of software.

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The annual report of the software provider Flexera confirms a worrying trend: 2048 security gaps by 2015 in the 50 most frequently used applications with a patch concluded. Compared to 2014 the number of provided patches to 700 each (34.18 percent) increased.

Nearly three-fourths of the gaps can take advantage of online criminals over the Internet, it not needed a bait like an email. The infection is through infected Web pages, video clips or advertisements as a drive-by-download. The good news: In 80 percent of cases, software makers joined a newly-discovered leak within 24 hours.

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Dangerous leaks in chrome and Flash

Flexera in the Google browser chrome that was installed to 67.3 percent of the computer counted the most vulnerabilities (516). The Flash Player from Adobe but is an even greater security risk. Was found by 2015 "only" 457 vulnerabilities in the software for browser games, videos and interactive Web pages. The Flash ran player but on 95 percent of the devices. He is also the preferred target of hackers, as documented, the security specialist F-secure. New software vulnerabilities can exploit online criminals often already after a few hours.

Firefox browser is often out of date

Flexera outing also Mozilla browser Firefox as dangerous software body. According to the report, 39 percent of users failed the critical Firefox updates to install. 254 published security vulnerabilities, the popular browser will also help a worthwhile target. It look very different from Microsoft's Internet Explorer: 197 vulnerabilities scourged the browser last year. Usually, he gets his security patches but about the auto-update feature of Windows. Therefore, the Microsoft browser only to 9 per cent of the computer was obsolete.

Microsoft software: often installed, often dangerous

The "top 50" list of mostly installed programs with a share of almost 70 per cent clearly Microsoft dominated. The most security vulnerabilities found in the products of other manufacturers. Third-party were responsible for 78.7 percent of the vulnerabilities according to Flexera. To Microsoft programs, the company counts about Word, Excel or Windows DVD Maker, but not Windows.

Operating systems, Windows 7 is still most widely. According to Flexera, only 144 security vulnerabilities last year now the Windows Classic. It looked even worse Windows 10 (256) and Windows 8 (466).

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Windows 7 is still the most widely used operating system. According to the annual report of the Flexera software company, Microsoft had to cram 144 more or less critical security vulnerabilities in its Windows Classic. (Source: t-online.de) In the popular spreadsheet program Excel, for example, only 52 vulnerabilities have been discovered in the last year. (Source: t-online.de) Last year Flexera counted 81 leaks in Java. (Source: t-online.de) Security experts found a total of 130 vulnerabilities in Apple's iTunes for Windows. The Media Manager ran to 46.2 percent of the PCs studied by Flexera. (Source: t-online.de) (Source: t-online.de) Microsoft's Internet Explorer is much less secure than other programs, with 197 security holes you might think. (Source: t-online.de) 254 vulnerabilities were been found in Firefox by 2015, 39 percent of users have not installed the protective updates. (Source: t-online.de) (Source: t-online.de) Chrome is installed on almost 70 percent of the computers in 22 percent of cases but not up to date. (Source: t-online.de)
The most common software-bodies
Flexera determined on the basis of his "personal software inspectors", a update helper, regularly the most common software installations and evaluates found version and who exploited by online criminals. The older and more common is a program, it is more interesting among hackers for targeted attacks with malicious software.

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