“Don’t connect that new PC to the Internet before taking security precautions, researchers at the Internet Storm Center warned Tuesday,” Matt Loney and Robert Lemos write for CNET News. “According to the researchers, an unpatched Windows PC connected to the Internet will last for only about 20 minutes before it’s compromised by malware, on average. That figure is down from around 40 minutes, the group’s estimate in 2003.”
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