[Edit: ARG. posted this same time as the guy above. Same point, but expanded on.]
One could argue the other way as well. People who actually chose to run this tool at least are making an effort to get better. Out of the not so random sample that is my group of friends, well over half do not patch ANY of their software unless it forces them to and couldn't care less if it was out of date. To expand on your hospital anology - its been shown that men will AVOID going to the hospital or a doctor even if they feel sick (and this fact is probably the reason our life expectancy is shorter then that of women).
Anyway, not drawing any conclusions, but I would guess that people that don't make the effort to check their machine for out of date software probably have a lot more out of date software then those that do.
And again, the software is free and useful. Not perfect, but you have absolutely nothing to loose by at least trying it (ok you have about 15 minutes to loose that it will take you to install and scan your PC. Brutal.)
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