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They are not tested with the rest of the operating system or other applications until they are incorporated into a service pack. Microsoft updates are tested for the specific problem they address.

Your machine could be programmed to attack other computers or cause network interruptions such as a denial of service attack (where so much network traffic is generated that computers can no longer communicate with each other).īecause compromised machines are a threat to other computers and the university computing infrastructure, these compromised machines will be cut off from campus network resources.

Your machine could be rendered inoperable or be used for other things like a "rogue File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site" (where others would store files on your system).

You run the risk of having your computer attacked and compromised.

There are numerous risks to not keeping your workstation securely updated and your anti-virus software up-to-date.

Anti-virus software checks for viruses in files on your system, and new ones as they move onto your system.

By keeping your system up to date you ensure that all the security exploits found in your OS are protected against virus/malware from the Internet.

An update is used to protect your system from attacks.

It is strongly recommended that you keep your Windows Operating System (OS) and software applications up-to-date by installing all OS updates, and running anti-virus software.