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Updated onJuly 31, 2021

updated onJuly 31, 2021

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A shocking revelation has just been made by Avast: over half of theapplicationsinstalled on Windows PC as out-dated. The software vulnerabilities can potentially put theusersandtheir private dataat a higher risk.

Around 163 million devices participated in collecting the aggregated andanonymized dataall over the world. ThePC Trends Report 2019eventually found out that approximately one in sixWindows 7usersand one in tenWindows 10usersare using an outdated OS version. Hence, these systems are easily available to hackers so that they can exploit thesystem-level security vulnerabilities.

PC users don’t upgrade their apps and software

The updates for most of theapplicationsare usually neglected by most of theusers. The report published by thedigital security company Avastsuggests the percentage to be:VLC Media Player (94%), Adobe Shockwave (96%) andSkype(94%).

The report further stated that right now around 40% of allPCsare usingWindows 10all over the world. WhileWindows 7has been able to grab the 43% share globally.

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As compared to the past, tablets, laptops, and 2-in-1PCsare being used by most of the people these days. One of the main advantages of using laptops andtabletsis that they allowusersto browse, stream and work on the go.

Around 67% ofusersare opting for these devices due to these amazing features and it is expected that we will remain the same during this year as well.

The statistics regarding the most installedapplicationsalso represents the same shift to mobile devices. We can see from the latest trends that the installation rate for Google Chrome increased from 79% to 91% during the last 12 months.Adobe Acrobat Reader grabbed the second position with an installation rate of 60%. Moreover, WinRAR,Microsoft Officeand Mozilla Firefox have 48%, 45% and 42% installs respectively.

The average PC is 6 years old

An increase in the average age of aPChas been reported to be 6 years during this year. Around 62% ofuserswho haveolder machinesare now runningWindows 10. As of now, 63% of notebooks are being used globally. Furthermore, HP, Acer, Asus, Lenovo, and Dell, are known to be thetop fivePCbrands this year.

Currently, the market is being dominated by thePCshaving dual-core processors. Around 20% of the machines have been usinga quad-core processor.It is worth mentioning that theSSD as a sole storage solution is available to 15 percent of theusersthese days. Finally, avast reported the most used RAM size to be 4GB.

Today hackers have so many ways to attack yourPC, and you have to take a series of steps for the protection of your system.  Keeping in mind thePCTrends Report 2019 you just have to ensure that systems and software are patched and up to date to protect your system from potentialcyber attacks.

How often do you update yourPC? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Milan Stanojevic

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.

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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.