Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 17th Oct 2009 12:45 UTC
Windows A little over two weeks ago, Microsoft released Microsoft Security Essentials, a security software suite protecting users of Windows against malware and viruses. The company has released data about the number of downloads and fixed infections, and the results are encouraging.
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RE: depressing stats
by PlatformAgnostic on Mon 19th Oct 2009 07:19 UTC in reply to "depressing stats"
PlatformAgnostic
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It's probably more like, "of the computers that have more than one virus, the average count is eight." Malware often likes to bring friends along for the ride.

I seriously doubt the average computer user has 8 viruses on their machine (but I have no data on hand to back up my assertion).

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