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What happens if you do not install Windows Updates
« on: August 31, 2019, 05:28:57 PM »
Every now and then a message pops up: A Windows Update has to be installed. Often it comes to inappropriate times on the screen. In addition, it always takes a while to install it. Restarting the PC takes time and many of you see it as an annoying evil.

The installation is simply postponed or the message is completely ignored so that it no longer appears. But what happens if Windows updates are not installed?

Updates are important to close security holes

There is never a hundred percent certainty. Even large security systems have gaps. Time and again, the media speaks of security risks. In the IT sector, this term is very often represented. People who work on the PC know about it, but mostly they do not care.

Actually, you should be out to have a few security holes as possible on your PC. Although cyber criminals always find a gap everywhere, Microsoft and Co. are behind, so you can protect yourself with updates from the risks. One protective measure is to install Windows updates.

Ever moved an update?

Anyone can do it, but few do. Often the updates are ignored for convenience because work is being done on the PC and work should not be interrupted. Frequently, not only once is postponed to a later date, but several times. At some point, the update will be forgotten and cybercriminals sneak in. Whether data loss, data theft or other slang can be operated with your data.

Those who do not install updates may fall into the hands of hackers. In a very short time, they manage to penetrate the system and get the information they need to get started. Therefore, you should always update the security gaps that exist through updates. That's the only way to clear it out. Errors in the software, secret backdoors, unsecured system and configuration files, as well as the introduction of commands and programs can hit you.

Outdated hardware and software always provide an attack surface because they have outdated security standards. So if you want to be on the safe side, you should basically install the new updates from Windows and also from other programs in order to be best protected.

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