Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Your PC May Have Security Risks From Old Loaded Software


When did you last performed an audit in your company involving all the software that’s running on all your machines tied to your company’s network? If you do not know the answer to that question then it’s most likely that it’s been awhile since you had one. 

According to Avast’s most recent survey, the risk of not doing this is that you most likely have outdated programs installed on all your system. Outdated software, whatever it is, can pose a security threat not only to your computers but to your company as well.


Although the majority of IT professionals are good at updating the OS that are installed on their computers as well as all the other software that are commonly used. The issue is that nearly all companies that exist depends on several others. There are dozens, if not more, other programs installed on some machines here and there. They hardly get the exact same level of attention that the more visible, bigger programs get especially when it comes to updating all of them.

According to the survey conducted by Avast, more than 94% of the computers with Adobe Shockwave installed, VLC, or Skype installed have not been updated in over a year, which places them extremely out of date. Outdated software can leave a large security hole in your firm and provides easy access to any determined hacker.

What’s even worse is that there are companies that no longer use a certain software but do not remove them. They do not uninstall them properly from their computer network. These unused programs are like a kicking time bomb, just waiting around to be exploited.

There is one simple solution but honestly, it is time intensive. In case you have you have not performed an intensive audit of all that is installed across your computernetwork and determine when it was the last time they were updated, then now is the best time to do all these.

Call SpartanTec, Inc. for more details on how to protect your computer network. 

 

SpartanTec, Inc. Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 408-7166 http://manageditservicescolumbia.com/

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Columbia, West Columbia, Cayce, St Andrews, Lexington, Oak Grove



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