NEW COVER REQUIRED NEW COVER REQUIRED 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Out-of-date Programs ............................................................................................................. 7 Global Windows Usage .........................................................................................................8 Out-of-date Windows 10 Devices .......................................................................................9 Out-of-date Office Programs .............................................................................................. 10 C PC Insights & Analysis - Hardware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 PC InsightsBonjour & Analysis - Software28% Apple Inc. TOTAL INSTALLS 7Avast PC Trends Report 2019 << Contents 5 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