Consumers Clueless on Why They Should Update Software, Survey

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Survey Shows That 40 Percent of Adults Consumers Don’t Always Update Software When Initially Prompted To

A trio comprised of Skype, Symantec and TomTom today publicized the kickoff of “International Technology Upgrade Week” (ITUW), an initiative designed to encourage consumers to download software updates to their computers and electronic devices more often.

The main focus of International Technology Upgrade Week, the group says, is to “directly address consumers’ concerns and educate them on the value of keeping their software up to date, especially when many updates are free.”

According to recent online survey taken by American, British and German members of the YouGov Plc GB panel, 40 percent of adults don’t always update software on their computers when initially prompted to do so. Why not? It seems as though people don’t understand the benefits of updating, or the risks often associated with not updating their software.

The survey statistics showed that one quarter of the consumers don’t clearly understand what software updates do and an equal percentage of consumers don’t understand the benefits of updating regularly..

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Good share.....Thanks.
Yes people do are lazy to update software and i have seen many of my friends and relatives using outdated software which cause truble in their system.
I always advice to my friends to have secunia psi on their machine so they can easily get info and prompt by updater to update.