Microsoft
Since I’ve just spent a while updating three Windows machines with this week’s half a dozen security and antivirus updates, here are some statistics I found interesting.
Product | Critical security holes to date |
---|---|
Internet Explorer | 68 |
IIS | 56 |
Windows NT 4 WS | 48 |
Windows NT 4 Server | 41 |
Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition | 40 |
Windows NT 4 Server Enterprise Edition | 36 |
Windows 2000 Professional | 34 |
Windows 2000 Server | 31 |
Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 31 |
SQL Server | 28 |
Windows 98 | 26 |
Exchange Server | 25 |
Windows 95 | 16 |
Windows 98SE | 15 |
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 11 |
Windows ME | 10 |
Windows 2000 | 9 |
MSDE | 8 |
Windows Media Player | 8 |
Windows XP Professional | 7 |
Site Server | 7 |
Commerce Server | 6 |
Windows XP Home | 6 |
Site Server Commerce | 6 |
Visual Studio | 3 |
Systems Management Server | 3 |
Index Server | 3 |
Visual Basic | 2 |
ISA Server | 1 |
Content Server | 1 |
Another interesting statistic: Microsoft is trying to reduce the number of security bulletins it has to issue by bundling multiple products’ vulnerabilities into a single bulletin. Each security bulletin now covers an average of 2.5 products.
Number of Outlook-specific viruses and worms: 274.