Unpatched PC survival time just 16 minutes

the big bad internet boogey man is out there

Published on August 18, 2004 By Muggaz In Personal Computing

As reported in this article The average un-patched Windows PC last’s less than 20 minutes on the internet before it is compromised – according to data from the Internet Storm Centre.

Apparently it is about 16 minutes connected before some sneaky devil will some how access your computer via a nasty Trojan… while in most case, you can sit there and go about your business without ever knowing you have been compromised, it is still a harsh truism that it is certainly un-wise to operate a PC that is not fully up to date with the latest Windows or anti-virus patches.

What the future hold in store for operating systems, well, only Bill Gates and his little cronies can tell you that – I sincerely hope that the issues is being addressed, the Internet does not need to be any scarier than it already is.

BAM!!!

Comments

zweihander01

on Aug 19, 2004

20 minutes....

That's a lot longer than I would've guessed!

on Aug 19, 2004

That's pretty fast. Considering that there is N amount of computers that's currently connected to internet.

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