According to this article, 2 companies and three individuals payed a combined fine of $2,000,000 because they were suspected of infecting 18,000,000 computers with malware. That works out to less than 12 cents per computer. [If I figured it out right]
The Feds were nice enough to suspend a separate fine of $8,500,000.
PC manufacturers say that 50% or more of their support calls are malware related.
Webroot estimates that 89% of people's PCs are infected with an average of 30 pieces of spyware each.
Webroot has identified more than 527,000 malicious web sites, over 100,000 more than there were less than a year ago.
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Some Malware Statistics
Started by Mike Rochip, Sep 10 2006 09:24 PM
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Posted 11 September 2006 - 12:37 AM
So, in a year it will probably be 627,000 malicious web sites.
89%, that is a high amount.
89%, that is a high amount.
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Posted 11 September 2006 - 12:54 AM
Mike Rochip, on Sep 10 2006, 05:24 PM, said:
Webroot estimates that 89% of people's PCs are infected with an average of 30 pieces of spyware each.
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Posted 11 September 2006 - 01:20 AM
Sounds kind of high but then there's a lot of people like my Mom who don't even really know they have it or understand what to do about it. I know a lot of people who post here are often trying to help a friend or relative clean up their PCs.
I like this part:
How exactly are they going to enforce that? The Honor System I suppose.
Edit> I forgot to say I think we're pretty lucky to have forums like this one where people are willing to spend their time helping each other out as much as the people do here
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I like this part:
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The FTC settlement permanently prohibits the defendants from interfering with a consumers' computer use or from making misleading representations regarding the performance, benefits, features, cost, nature or effect of any type of software code, file or content.
Edit> I forgot to say I think we're pretty lucky to have forums like this one where people are willing to spend their time helping each other out as much as the people do here
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