20 August 2006
Is your computer a statistic too?
Microsoft's researched how often their Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool has scanned and found malicious software. Their findings suggest that about one in every 311 scans finds something and that 5.7 million machines out of 270 million have been cleaned by this program, which translates to about 1 in 47 computers. This is all during a time when there has been no widespread attacks and most attacks are more targeted.
On a brighter note there has been a drop in the number of viruses and worms over the last 15 months. Hopefully this translates to people getting less viruses and not to rootkits becoming better at hiding.
Also worthy of noting, hacker produced code has only been removed 10000 times while most of it was from other sources. For example the famous Sony BMG rootkit was removed 420000 times on 250000 computers.
On a brighter note there has been a drop in the number of viruses and worms over the last 15 months. Hopefully this translates to people getting less viruses and not to rootkits becoming better at hiding.
Also worthy of noting, hacker produced code has only been removed 10000 times while most of it was from other sources. For example the famous Sony BMG rootkit was removed 420000 times on 250000 computers.
Labels: adware, microsoft, spyware, windows
