A quarter of US PCs infected with malware

[admin]

An OECD study into online crime says that increased activity by cyber criminals has left an estimated one-in-four US computers infected with malware.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/a-quarter-of-us-pcs-infected-with-malware/2008/06/02/1212258708582.html

[Chewy]

when you include the foistware installed by aol and some computer manufacturers the percentage is much much higher

25% is about right for serious malware such as trojans etc

adware/spyware is over 70%

I see no correlation to one part of the world having more or less tho

[BR7]

This is the first time I heard the word foistware.I had to look it up

[Chewy]

computer manufacturers and aol make big money crudding up computers with additional programs

[doctorhardware]

And then uniformed people pay geek squad $200, to remove all the crap. Nice scam.