Each 100-th computer is infected with spyware

According to the statistics received by Panda Security, the harmful software intended for theft of the financial and personal information, is present on each 100-th computer connected to the Internet.

The report is made on the basis of the analysis of the data collected by free on-line antivirus ActiveScan. From 67 million the personal computers which have been checked up by means ActiveScan in last year, spyware and trojans have been detected on approximately 1 % of computers. If to consider, that worldwide quantity of the personal computers connected to the Network, makes nearby 1 billion - it means that 10 million of computers may be infected.
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