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"News123" <news1234@free.fr> wrote in message
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> Death wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/...-scanned-computers-infected-with-malware/5365
>>>
>>> Gosh, that's almost 1 out of every 2 Windows computers.
>>>
>>
>> Just means one out of two users don't clean cookies.
>> Many AV's report cookies as "tracking cookies", and then bundle that
>> term into the "malware" category.
>> Very effective method of selling AV software....make people paranoid.
>
> Looking at page 10 of the report one can see, that a quarter of the
> malware ( 8.39% Downloaders + 15.89% banking/Trojans and password
> stealers) can be IMHO considered malware.
> The other three quarters are not detailed and can indeed just be cookies
> or alike)
>
I'm always skeptical of links such as Alias provided.
They throw out numbers, but don't back them all up.
Alias is a headline reader...details confuse him.
> So 25% of 48% makes about 11%
> Still quite a lot in my opinion.
>
Yet, 11% is much more believable than 48%.
But, 48% is scarier, and draws more dumbasses to increase the hitcount.
> What would be interesting (but for this there were no numbers in the
> report) is how this malware arrived on the computers.
>
> Were it users who
> - installing fishy SW
> - installed known software being infected before distribution
> - clicked on weird mail attachments like i_mbad.pdf.exe
> - fell into web browser security holes
> - fell into other security holes
>
That information would certainly help establish the 48% headline attention
grabber.
But, it isn't the goal of the research.
The goal of the research is to sell AV type services.
If I charge clients to remove "malware", rest assured that there is close to
100% likelihood that I will say you have it.
--
Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.
news:4c39def7$0$29742$426a74cc@news.free.fr...
> Death wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/...-scanned-computers-infected-with-malware/5365
>>>
>>> Gosh, that's almost 1 out of every 2 Windows computers.
>>>
>>
>> Just means one out of two users don't clean cookies.
>> Many AV's report cookies as "tracking cookies", and then bundle that
>> term into the "malware" category.
>> Very effective method of selling AV software....make people paranoid.
>
> Looking at page 10 of the report one can see, that a quarter of the
> malware ( 8.39% Downloaders + 15.89% banking/Trojans and password
> stealers) can be IMHO considered malware.
> The other three quarters are not detailed and can indeed just be cookies
> or alike)
>
I'm always skeptical of links such as Alias provided.
They throw out numbers, but don't back them all up.
Alias is a headline reader...details confuse him.
> So 25% of 48% makes about 11%
> Still quite a lot in my opinion.
>
Yet, 11% is much more believable than 48%.
But, 48% is scarier, and draws more dumbasses to increase the hitcount.
> What would be interesting (but for this there were no numbers in the
> report) is how this malware arrived on the computers.
>
> Were it users who
> - installing fishy SW
> - installed known software being infected before distribution
> - clicked on weird mail attachments like i_mbad.pdf.exe
> - fell into web browser security holes
> - fell into other security holes
>
That information would certainly help establish the 48% headline attention
grabber.
But, it isn't the goal of the research.
The goal of the research is to sell AV type services.
If I charge clients to remove "malware", rest assured that there is close to
100% likelihood that I will say you have it.
--
Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.
5 PM, Death wrote: