Botnets claim more than two million US PCs2010-10-14 10:04 by DanielaTags: Botnet, security, U.S.
Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report indicates that the US is the biggest home for botnets in the world. More than 2.2 million American PCs are believed to have been infected during the first half of this year. Brazil had the second-highest number of infections, at 550,000. But South Korea had the highest proportion of infected computers, at 1.46 percent. The figures are based on the 6.5 million clean-ups that Microsoft performed during the half. During the period, Win32/Rimecud was by far the most commonly-detected bot, with Microsoft clearing up more than three and a half million machines. There's good news for Windows 7 users, who have lower infection rates than those using earlier versions of Windows. Read more -here-
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