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VLC Media Player 2.x (56 percent unpatched, 45 percent market share, 8 vulnerabilities).

The most common unpatched programs include In sharp contrast, 12.9% of users were running unpatched non-Microsoft programs, up from 12.4% in Q1 2016 and 11.6% in Q2 2015, suggesting that users are ignoring security patch warnings, particularly as users must manually approve and launch the automated process. It will be interesting to see if this trend continues over the long run, especially as Windows 10 and its automated updates become more widely deployed, says Kasper Lindgaard, director of Secunia Research at Flexera Software.

“The decline in unpatched Windows operating systems is remarkable and encouraging.

Secunia's research, titled Australia Country Reports, shows that 4.4% of Australian users were running unpatched Windows operating systems, down from 5.1% in Q1 2016 and 12.4% in Q2 2015, suggesting that users are realising the importance of protecting their PCs from hackers. New research from Secunia Research shows that the percentage of unpatched Windows operating systems dropped in the second quarter of 2016, but the percentage of unpatched non-Microsoft software is on the rise. Flexera Software has found good news and bad news for both Australian Windows users and cybersecurity.