Bit9 has released a list of the leading vulnerable consumer applications for the year, including the Firefox, Safari and Opera browsers.

"Bit9's risky software list [also] includes Adobe Systems' Flash and Macromedia players, Acrobat and Reader PDF software, Sun Java Runtime Environment, Apple's QuickTime, RealNetworks' RealPlayer and Cerulean Studios' Trillian instant messenger client," writes SearchSecurity.com's Robert Westervelt.

"All the applications on the Bit9 list run on Microsoft Windows, are well known in the consumer space and are frequently downloaded by individuals... the applications pose an additional risk to enterprises because they rely on the end user to manually patch or upgrade the software to eliminate a vulnerability," Westervelt writes.

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