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Avast® PC Trends Report 2019 Contents
A 2018 Summary & 2019 Predictions...... 2
B PC Insights & Analysis - Software...... 3 Installed Programs...... 4 Tools & Frameworks...... 5 Drivers...... 6 Out-of-date Programs...... 7 Global Windows Usage...... 8 Out-of-date Windows 10 Devices...... 9 Out-of-date Office Programs...... 10 . C PC Insights & Analysis - Hardware...... 11 Average Age of PCs...... 12 Brands & Type of PC...... 13 Memory Size & CPU Cores...... 14 SSD vs. HDD ...... 15 Methodology ...... 16 .
Avast PC Trends Report 2019 1 MOST PCs COME WITH 2CORES AND 4 GB OF RAM
The report reveals the majority of consumers (75%) own a dual-core CPU and nearly half (45%) have 4 GB of RAM. Most consumers store data on traditional mechanical HDs, with only 15% using a modern flash-based SSD and that’s not A 2018 Summary & 2019 Predictions going to change until at least 2021, when SSD shipments are expected to overtake HDDs. OF PCs This report covers the most popular PCs, 67% ARE LAPTOPS software, and hardware used worldwide today, OR TABLETS looking at the impact and risks of outdated Traditional PC usage continues to decline, a trend that is likely to persist. software, as well as what the PC landscape Currently two-thirds of Avast users will look like in 2019. own a Windows laptop.
THE AVERAGE PC IS 40% OF USERS RUN WINDOWS 10 6 YEARS OLD Windows 7 is still the most popular, with Our data shows that the average age of desktop PCs 43% global usage, closely followed by and laptops used by consumers is increasing, with Windows 10 with 40%. There are still the average age being six years old (up from five millions of users running the now and a half years old in 2017), meaning people unsupported and insecure Windows XP are not buying new computers as often and Windows Vista releases, which are 55% OF ALL as they were a year ago. In 2019, we’ll TOP 5 more than a decade old. In 2019, APPS INSTALLED SOFTWARE IS OUTDATED likely see this trend continue as Windows 10 is expected to overtake even 6+ year old hardware is Based on the top applications consumers have Users continue to not apply the Windows 7 and become the most enough for day-to-day tasks. installed, most people use their computers to latest updates to their software, making used OS worldwide. browse the web, view and create content, using them vulnerable to security threats, Chrome, Adobe Reader, Office, WinRAR and incompatibilities or other issues. Firefox. Based on trends in our data, Adobe Reader and Skype installations are expected to increase. PC Insights & Analysis - Software Avast PC Trends Report 2019 << Contents 2 NEW COVER REQUIRED
PC Insights & Analysis SOFTWARE B B Installed Programs Chrome is 2018’s most Top Installed Programs
Google Chrome 91% Windows Live Essentials 16% installed PC program TOTAL INSTALLS TOTAL INSTALLS 1 Google Inc. 11 Microsoft corporation Adobe Acrobat Reader 61% 7-Zip 14% Browsers, readers, and Office top the 2 Adobe Systems TOTAL INSTALLS 12 Igor Pavlov TOTAL INSTALLS list of most installed apps worldwide. Winrar 48% Steam 11% 3 win.rar gmbh TOTAL INSTALLS 13 Valve Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS Nearly half of users have an additional browser installed, such Microsoft Oce 45% Dropbox 11% as Mozilla Firefox which is installed on 42% of computers. 4 Microsoft Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS 14 Dropbox TOTAL INSTALLS Looking at productivity applications, Microsoft Office appears to be Mozilla Firefox 42% Opera 11% Mozilla corporation TOTAL INSTALLS Opera Software TOTAL INSTALLS the most popular as it is installed on 45% of computers. The versions 5 15 installed range from Office 2007 to Office 2016 and Office 365. While VLC Media PLayer 32% Cyberlink Powerdvd 10% the newer versions receive updates, millions of consumers and businesses 6 Videolan TOTAL INSTALLS 16 Cyberlink Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS are using older versions no longer supported, putting them at risk from Skype 30% Cyberlink Powerdirector 10% security threats. TOTAL INSTALLS 7 Skype Technologies s.a. 17 Cyberlink Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS About 16% of users worldwide have Windows Live Essentials CCleaner 25% HP Photo Creations 9% Piriform TOTAL INSTALLS Hewlett Packard TOTAL INSTALLS installed, a product suite introduced in 2006 to supplement Windows 8 18 with functionality that had previously been removed, such as a dedicated iTunes 18% Cyberlink YouCam 8% Movie Maker or a desktop mail application. This is worrying as the 9 Apple Inc. TOTAL INSTALLS 19 Cyberlink Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS suite was retired by Microsoft in January 2017 and is no longer supported. Teamviewer 18% Cyberlink Power2Go 7% 10 Teamviewer TOTAL INSTALLS 20 Cyberlink Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS
PC Insights & Analysis - Software Avast PC Trends Report 2019 << Contents 4 B Tools & Frameworks The hidden danger: Many frameworks are outdated
Visual C++ Redistributable & Flash Player MS Visual C++Redistrubutable 89% are the top two most installed tools1 Microsoft Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS
Adobe Flash Player Activex 79% Frameworks are programs that run other programs and thanAdobe ‘real’ Systems apps, such as OfficeTOTAL INSTALLS or Skype. In some websites. Most come preinstalled with PCs or with third 2cases, these aren’t being kept up-to-date by the user
party software. For example, when users install a game orMicrosoft.net are abandoned Framework by the vendor,41% such as Microsoft’s Microsoft Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS on Steam, it often requires Visual C++ Redistributable 3Silverlight. Users should carefully evaluate whether in order to run properly. Our report shows that the theyAdobe need Flash these Player frameworks Plugin - and uninstall the 34% number of installed tools and frameworks is higher 4 onesAdobe they Systems don’t need. TOTAL INSTALLS
Adobe Flash Player Npapi 30% Top Installed Tools & Frameworks 5 Adobe Systems TOTAL INSTALLS
MS Visual C++Redistrubutable 89% Java 8 30% 1 Microsoft Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS 6 Oracle Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS
Adobe Flash Player Activex 79% Bonjour 28% 2 Adobe Systems TOTAL INSTALLS 7 Apple Inc. TOTAL INSTALLS
Microsoft.net Framework 41% Microsoft Silverlight 27% 3 Microsoft Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS 8 Microsoft Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS Adobe Flash Player Plugin 34% Update for Windows 24% 4 Adobe Systems TOTAL INSTALLS 9 Microsoft Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS Adobe Flash Player Npapi Apple Software Update 30% 22% 5 Adobe Systems TOTAL INSTALLS 10 Apple Inc. TOTAL INSTALLS
Java 8 30% 6 Oracle Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS
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Microsoft Silverlight 27% 8 Microsoft Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS
Update for Windows 24% 9 Microsoft Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS Apple Software Update 22% 10 Apple Inc. TOTAL INSTALLS B Drivers nstalled Programs The Most Installed Device Drivers & Software Top Installed Device Drivers & Software
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 56% 1 Realtek Semiconductor TOTAL INSTALLS Under the hood, most PCs and laptops are powered Intel Processor Graphics 45% Intel Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS by the same components. The list of top drivers 2
Intel Management Engine Components 31% shows what’s inside PCs worldwide. 3 Intel Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS
Realtek Ethernet Controller Driver 30% For sound, video or a printer to properly function or even work 4 Realtek TOTAL INSTALLS at all, drivers are needed, and in many cases are bundled with Synaptics Pointing Device Controller 20% other programs. The most installed driver is Realtek’s HD Audio Synaptics Incorporated TOTAL INSTALLS driver, which powers their sound chip. It’s closely followed by Intel’s 5 graphics software, a driver for the widely popular Intel HD and Iris Apple Mobile Device Support 20% Apple Inc. TOTAL INSTALLS line of integrated graphics processors. Both chips are found 6 in roughly half of all PCs and laptops worldwide. Intel Rapid Storage Technology 19% 7 Intel Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS
Realtek Card Reader 19% 8 Realtek Semiconductor TOTAL INSTALLS
HP Update 15% 9 Hewelt-Packcard TOTAL INSTALLS
NVIDIA GeForce Experience 9% 10 NVIDIA Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS
PC Insights & Analysis - Software Avast PC Trends Report 2019 << Contents 6 B Out-of-date Programs 55% of all programs worldwide are out-of-date Most Out-of-Date Programs
Adobe Shockwave 96% WinZip 78% Adobe Systems TOTAL INSTALLS Corel TOTAL INSTALLS According to our data, 48% of applications 1 11 VLC Media Player 94% iTunes 77% installed on PCs worldwide were out-of-date 2 Videolan TOTAL INSTALLS 12 Apple Inc. TOTAL INSTALLS
in 2017 and that has now risen. Skype 94% Nitro PDF Professional 9 76% 3 Skype Technologies TOTAL INSTALLS 13 Nitro Software Inc. TOTAL INSTALLS Not updating applications can cause bugs and incompatibility problems. Java Runtime Environment 6-8 93% GOM Media Player 75% More importantly, many outdated applications, including frameworks and 4 Oracle Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS 14 GOM & Company TOTAL INSTALLS tools, contain vulnerabilities and for security reasons should be updated 7-Zip Filemanager 92% WinRAR Archiver 71% immediately. For example, in May 2018 7-ZIP fixed an issue in the RAR 5 Igor Pavlov TOTAL INSTALLS 15 win.rar Gmb TOTAL INSTALLS extraction logic that could allow a DoS attack or execute harmful code Foxit Reader Skype 8 embedded in RAR files. 91% 67% 6 Foxit Software Inc. TOTAL INSTALLS 16 Skype Technologies TOTAL INSTALLS
Another popular example is Java: Versions 6, 7 and 8 are still widely Adobe Air 88% Java Runtime Environment 10 65% Adobe Systems TOTAL INSTALLS Oracle Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS installed and no longer up-to-date. Even users who are on the latest 7 17 Java version 10 release should check for updates regularly to avoid InfranView 86% Nitro PDF Professional 10 63% any security issues. 8 Infran Skiljan TOTAL INSTALLS 18 Nitro Software Inc. TOTAL INSTALLS Mozilla Firefox 85% Mozilla Thunderbird 60% One of the most out-of-date applications is the VLC Media Player. 9 Mozilla Corporation TOTAL INSTALLS 19 Mozilla Foundation TOTAL INSTALLS This is likely due to older versions of the software not notifying the users about updates. Skype closely follows, as most users DivX Plus Web Player 79% Mozilla HP Photo Creations 54% DivX Inc. TOTAL INSTALLS Hewlett Packard TOTAL INSTALLS are still on the older version, Skype 7 Classic. Microsoft has not 10 20 enforced the update to the new Skype 8, but Microsoft has been gathering user feedback and encouraging users to upgrade.
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B Global Windows Usage Windows 7 still most used OS: 43% usage 15% of Windows 7 systems are out-of-date Windows 7 usage is slowly dropping from 45% to 43% of installations when compared to Q3 2017, while Microsoft ended support for the initial release of Windows 7 (RTM - Release to Manufacturing) in 2013 and is not delivering any major security updates Windows 10 has increased share from 35% to 40%. to those 15% of users that do not have SP1 installed.
Windows 7 build type Despite a 5% rise in Windows 10 usage compared to Q3 2017, Windows 7 is still the More than 15,000 consumers are still using a pre-release (beta) version most used operating system worldwide.. Windows Vista is rarely used, with only 1.3% of of Windows 7, leaving them vulnerable, as security updates are not users actively running it, compared to 2% in mid-2017. Even Windows XP usage dropped available for the version. significantly from 4.6% in Q3 2017 to 3.1%.
40% 0.02% Windows 7 Beta 15.06% Windows 7 RTM
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3% OUT-OF-DATE GLOBAL WINDOWS WINDOWS 7 USAGE 2% USAGE 43%
84.92% Windows 7 SP1
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