Malware Accounts for 73 Percent of Threats in US, Microsoft Study Finds

According to a recently released Microsoft study, the vast majority of threats detected on infected computers in the U.S. are malware. The firm detected malware on 7.8 out of every 1,000 computers scanned in the U.S.

Trojans were the most common form of malware found on infected U.S. computers. The U.S., China and Brazil were the top three nations with infected computers cleaned by Microsoft software. The report also found that machines running Windows Vista and Windows 7 were more likely to be victimized by third party exploits rather than exploits using Microsoft software MCTS Training , mcitp Training.

Also, the total number of incidents is in decline in all categories except malware attacks, which remained constant. Equipment being stolen and accident Web loss experienced the greatest declines. Particularly, incidents that were a result of negligence declined significantly.