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Keeping systems fully up to date—including the operating system, web browsers, browser plugins, media players, PDF readers and other applications—can be a tedious, annoying and time-consuming ongoing task. Unfortunately, hackers are counting on most people to fall far short of what’s needed to keep their systems up to date.
Most web malware utilizes commercially available exploit packs that contain dozens of different vulnerability testers, redirectors and actual exploit code that attempt to test for and exploit any vulnerabilities they can find.