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| 09 Oct 2012 | #1 |
| | Windows 7 malware infection rates balloon 182% in 2012 Quote: Windows 7's malware infection rate climbed by as much as 182% this year, Microsoft said today. But even with that dramatic increase, Windows 7 remained two to three times less likely to fall to hacker attack than the aged Windows XP. Data from Microsoft's newest twice-yearly security report showed that in the second quarter of 2012, Windows 7 was between 33% and 182% more likely to be infected by malware than in the second quarter of 2011. The infection rate for Windows RTM, or "release to manufacturing," the original version launched in Oct. 2009, was 33% higher this year for the 32-bit edition (x86), 59% higher for the 64-bit (x64) OS. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) -- the upgrade that shipped in Feb. 2011 -- saw even larger infection increases: 172% for x86, 182% for x64. Microsoft blamed several factors for the boost in successful malware attacks, including less savvy users. Windows 7 malware infection rates balloon 182% in 2012 | PCWorld |
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| 09 Oct 2012 | #2 |
| | "Microsoft blamed several factors for the boost in successful malware attacks, including less savvy users." "There is probably no single technology feature set that can explain infection rates in either incline or decline," said Storms. "It has more to do with what the attackers want to attack. And as we have seen, attackers generally get what they want." More users would mean more successful attacks, but the latter quote explains a lot as well, considering I had a virus on my box for the first time in sixteen years. Hostile environment period. Add Sandboxie to MSE, Firewall, Defender Offline, UAC, and Malwarebytes and my mind knows a little more peace when online. |
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