July 10, 2005

12 minutes: the time in which 50% of unpatched Windows PCs will be infected

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There is now a 50% chance of being infected by an internet worm in just 12 minutes of being online using an unprotected, unpatched Windows PC.

via Sophos

Why I blog this? I find the latest reseach results on malware infections to be sad and disturbing, even a little disgusting, but not at all surprising. It is going to get worse, a lot worse, before it begins to get any better.

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