UK PCs Have Least Malware
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| Top of the infection list for active malware was France (28.2 percent),
| Mexico (23.1 percent), Brazil (18 percent), the U.S. (17.8 percent), and
| Argentina (17.4 percent).
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070929/tc_pcworld/137711
Wow. That's pretty good. 'Only' 1 in 3 PCs in France is compromised. Did
Microsoft say it was only 0.2%? Liars.
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
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| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
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| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
75% of Chinese PCs hit by viruses
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| The People's Daily said a government department estimated 75% of computers
| in China were the target of viruses between May 2005 to May 2006.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33667
Do 1.28 Million computers have a Rootkit?
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| So assuming like for like, the Microsoft figure of 256,000 unique
| computers with rootkits could mean, taking Symantec results into
| account, Microsoft have only found 20% of the actual number of
| computers with rootkit. Thats a staggering 1,280,000 (1.28 Million)
| computers infected with rootkits.
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http://www.antirootkit.com/blog/2006/11/04/do-128-million-computers-have-a-rootkit/
Malware wars: Are hackers on top?
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| The money made from malware is eclipsing the revenue of anti-virus
| vendors, a leading net security vendor claims. Raimund Genes, CTO of
| anti-malware at Trend Micro, cites FBI figures that IT security
| problems cost the economy $62bn last year against IDC estimates
| that the anti-malware market was worth $26bn in 2005.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/05/malware_trends/
Study: Billions of dollars spent on security
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| Large U.S. businesses will spend $61 billion on security by the end
| of this year, representing 7.3 percent of total IT budgets in the
| country, according to a new report from Info-Tech Research Group.
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http://news.com.com/2110-7350_3-6135989.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
US lost $8 billion to computer crime
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| Consumer reports' latest "State of the Net" survey has revealed that
| US punters lost more than $8 billion over the last two years to
| viruses, spyware and con tricks.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33554
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