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In a sea of malware, viruses make a small comeback |
May 17, 2013
The computer virus seems to be making a subtle comeback.The term virus is frequently used as a catch-all for malicious software, but actually describes a very specific type of program that infects files and replicates, noticeable impairing a computer. Most malware these days tries to not be so obvious.But Microsoft has noticed that viruses -- which have been present on around 5 percent of the computers the company regularly polls -- have increased in prevalence in some regions, wrote Tim Rains, director of the company's Trustworthy Computing section.In the fourth quarter of last year, viruses were present on about 7.8 percent of computers scanned by the company, he wrote. In some locations, such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Somalia, Egypt and Afghanistan, the percentage of computers with viruses ranged from 35 to 44 percent, he wrote.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038954/in-a-sea-of-malware-viruses-make-a-small-comeback.html#tk.rss_all
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