Report: AV users still get infected with malware
Summary: One-third of internet users in the EU caught a computer virus, despite the fact that 84% of internet users used IT security software (anti-virus, anti-spam, firewall, etc) for protection.
According to data released by EUROSTAT, the European Union's statistics agency, one third of internet users in the EU caught a computer virus, despite the fact that 84% of internet users used IT security software (anti-virus, anti-spam or firewall) for protection.
In 2010 in the EU27, a large majority of individuals (84%) who used the internet in the last 12 months stated that they used an IT security software or tool to protect their private computer and data. Among the Member States, more than 90% of internet users in the Netherlands (96%), Luxembourg, Malta and Finland (all 91%) used IT security software, while it was less than two-thirds in Latvia (62%), Romania (64%) and Estonia (65%).
Countries with the most infected users:
- Bulgaria (58%)
- Malta (50%)
- Slovakia (47%)
- Hungary (46%)
- Italy (45%)
- Germany (22%)
- Finland (20%)
- Ireland (15%)
- Austria (14%)
In similar findings accompanying EUROSTAT's data, PandaLabs recently released data indicates that in January, 50 percent of computers worldwide were infected with some type of computer threat, in this case, trojan horse, allowing malicious attackers access to a victim's host as well as to financial data.
50 percent of all computers scanned around the globe in January were infected with some kind of malware. As for the most damaging malware threat, Trojans caused the most incidents (59 percent of all cases), followed by traditional viruses (12 percent) and worms (9 percent). The list of most prevalent malware threats is topped by generic Trojans, followed by downloaders, exploits and adware. It is worth mentioning the presence of Lineage, an old Trojan that continues to spread and infect systems.
Does this mean that security software is ineffective at all? Not necessarily, as it has to do with successful social engineering attacks, even expanding window of opportunity for malicious attackers to take advantage of, by the time their latest "release" gets the (automatic) attention of an antivirus company.
The bottom line? Prevention is always better than the cure.
Correction: The original headline "Report: 87% of AV users still got infected with malware" to this post was incorrect and has been changed.
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RE: Report: 87% of AV users still got infected with malware
And AV is reactive only... never proactive.
You can't add a virus definition for a virus that doesn't exist... So the only thing AV SW can do is be reactive to known virii. It will never protect anyone from the latest threats because the definitions don't exist for those. White listing or freezing is the only protection I know of that is proactive and doable.
Heuristics
RE: Report: 87% of AV users still got infected with malware
RE: Report: 87% of AV users still got infected with malware
RE: Report: 87% of AV users still got infected with malware
And no, forcing Linux on people isn't going to change a damn thing. So don't go there.
RE: Report: 87% of AV users still got infected with malware
Nobody's forcing people to switch to Linux, unlike the force Micro$oft uses through it's sheer monopolistic ubiquity.
And yes it would change a damm thing so I'm going there.
How does Microsoft do this?
Are they pointing a gun to people's heads? How do you explain Apple's growth over the past few years?
I agree LTV10. MS came to my house with lawyers and guns to force me
to use Windows. I guess the gun was for backup in the chance I produced my own lawyers to defeat theirs!
Oh, it wouldn't change a damn thing, the proofs been shown, but you can allways believe what ever you want, as [i]that[/i] won't change a damn thing.
RE: Report: 87% of AV users still got infected with malware
RE: Report: 87% of AV users still got infected with malware
Except of course to force the upgrade.
OpenOffice saves me for now. Web docs are not an option, since I spend over a hundred days a year on a plane.
Or just use the Office Compatibility Pack.
No, that would be your ignorance.
Clueless ye...
Office legacy
Have you ever heard of Microsoft's Office Compatibility Pack? This will enable Office 2003 to read/write to Office 2007 formats. And it is free, so don't reach for your wallet on that one.
How cute.
You used "Windoze" in place of "Windows". One day, when you've reached puberty, you'll see how juvenile that is. Until then...enjoy!
RE: Report: 87% of AV users still got infected with malware
XP is dead.
RE: Report: 87% of AV users still got infected with malware
Lacking applications does not mean an OS is a toy.
Linux is a great OS. Not without its flaws but certainly not a toy either.
Well I'm the cutest thing out there, ye
Gee, that spelling bugs you a lot, huh? ;)
Not at all.
Gee, that spelling bugs you a lot, huh?[/i]
I'm just trying to help you, and those like you, join us in the present instead of the 90's when such spelling was original along with the arguments you make against Windows. You think you're being cute. You think you're being clever. You're not. You're being a pathetic fool by using such spelling and no reasonable person would take you seriously by using such spelling.