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Microsoft: Malware for Windows on the rise

by Marianna Schmudlach Nov 3, 2008 12:57AM PST

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Posted in Anti-Virus, 3rd November 2008 13:02 GMT

Malware and unwanted software made strides in the first half of 2008, according to the latest security intelligence report from Microsoft, which tallied a 43 percent increase in the number of programs exorcised by the the company's malicious software removal tool.

In the first six months of this year, there were some 62 million disinfections on 23.8 million machines, according to the report which was published Monday. In the second half of last year, 42 million programs were removed on 15 million computers. Because it runs on hundreds of machines worldwide, Microsoft's MSRT, or malicious software removal tool, functions as something of a bellwether for the state of successful attacks affecting Windows computers.

More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/03/microsoft_intelligence_report/

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