US Reigns As Most Bot-Infected Country

Trailrunner7 writes "The US has by far the highest number of bot-infected computers of any country in the world, with nearly four times as many infected PCs as the country in second place, Brazil, according to a new report by Microsoft. The quarterly report on malicious software and Internet attacks shows that while some of the major botnets have been curtailed in recent months, the networks of infected PCs still represent a huge threat."

Comments

Re:I read the TFA

[Jaime2]

Yep, "total infections" is as poor a number as "most stolen car". Sure, a Honda Civic is the most stolen car, but that's because it is the most popular car and does nothing to describe either the effectiveness of the loss-prevention the habits of Honda Civic drivers or how likely your Honda Civic is to be stolen. It doesn't even help you choose a new car, it's likely that the most theft-proof car is somewhere in the middle of the list because it is a high value target (otherwise why would the manufacturer invest so much in anti-theft technology) but theives tend to shy away from it (except the more sophisticated ones). BTW, the Cadillac Escalade is the "most likely to be stolen" car, and it isn't in the top ten most stolen cars. "Most stolen car" is probably most highly correlated to "most likely car to be owned by someone living in a high-crime neighborhood". "total infections" is probably highly correlated to "most hours spent on-line".

Re:I Blame WindowBUYTIXNOW4SALE

[aliddell]

Mods: Read this.

Re:Microsoft Did the Report?

[shadowbearer]

...and many more computers running Microsoft products, as well.

  I'll probably catch hell for this here, but here's an example of programming stupidity that has irked me for a while, and I ran into when I tried to "friend" you (so that I'd see your posts, the whole reason for the "friend" modifier in the first place):

  You have over 200 friends and foes at the moment.

  Oh noes!!!!!!!!!!!

  I know it's an arbitrary number... but I haven't been able to friend/foe anyone for about five years now, because of that arbitrary limit.

  Note to Jamie: This is ridiculous. I know it's just a basic database limit, is there some reason you guys haven't upped this yet?

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