You always hear about Windows being venerable to attacks, but how long will it take for your unpatched system to get hacked? This is why you should always keep your system updated with the latest patches.

By Matthew Broersma, Techworld

A test has revealed that a Linux server is far less likely to be compromised. In fact, unpatched Red Hat and SuSE servers were not breached at all during a six-week trial, while the equivalent Windows systems were compromised within hours.

An unpatched Windows 2000 Server was the quickest to be compromised, at an hour and *7 minutes, while unpatched Windows Server 200* lasted slightly longer. Windows XP Professional, unpatched, lasted one hour and *2 seconds. Meanwhile, Unpatched Red Hat Enterprise Linux * and SuSE Linux * Desktop weren't compromised during the month and a half it was exposed to the Internet.