160,000 new malware samples per day in the second quarter of the year
In the second quarter of the year have been identified 15 million new malware samples. China is the country with the highest rate of infection. The malware knows no pause: a recent analysis of Panda Security company shows that even in the second quarter of 2014 are to be created 15 million new malware samples, with an average rate of about 160,000 per day.
Trojans continue to do the lion’s share, accounting for 62.8% of infections of the quarter. The predominance of this type of malware is slightly losing ground (last quarter was at 79.9%) in the light of the growth of so-called PUP – Potentially Unwanted Program, which is ranked second place with 24.77% of infections. In the ranking of infections are much more detached adware / spyware at 7.09%, viruses to 2.68% and worms to 2.66%.
The PUP, potentially unwanted programs, are normally installed in a completely lawful as part of other programs, often of ” AD-supported “, where in the license agreement with the end user’s explicit request to install a component fee in addition to the desired program. PUPs are often a behavior similar to spyware or virus.
The infection rate overall, because of the proliferation of the PUP, it grows in the second quarter to 36.7%. Looking at the situation in each country emerges as China is the nation with the highest rate of infection, at 51.05%, followed by Peru and Turkey respectively 44.34% and 44.12%. Overall, the regions with the highest level of computer infections are Latin America and Asia.
On the contrary, Europe is the area with the lowest rate of infection, with nine countries among the least infected. Sweden, Norway, and Germany (all around 22%) have the lowest rate of infection while Japan, at 24.21%, is the only non-European country in the top-ten of the least infected. Black sheep is Spain, with an infection rate of 37.67%, higher than the global average.
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