dbarrow
06-14-2006, 10:19 AM
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/51076.html
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Latest News about Microsoft on Monday revealed the results of a 15-month test of its Malicious Software Removal Tool. The utility that seeks out and destroys malware reported malicious programs, or bots, on six out of 10 Windows computers it examined. ...
..."The malware environment out there is worse than most people even dream of," Mike Murray, director of vulnerability research for nCircle, told TechNewsWorld. "This report underscores the need for people to understand their security and the need for vendors to work towards security as a goal of their product." ...
...Microsoft scanned 5.7 million consumer and small business PCs on which its Malicious Software Removal Tool was installed between January 2005 and March 2006. The results reveal that about 20 percent of the participating PCs had been cleaned, then re-infected, typically with a different kind of bot.
In addition, about 35 percent of the bots were installed after victims opened e-mail or IM attachments, or downloaded data files from peer-to-peer networks. The majority of the remaining bots spread without any required action by the victim.
At least one "backdoor Trojan," a malicious computer code secretly installed onto PCs, was discovered on 3.5 million computers. That's 62 percent. Most of the backdoor Trojans functioned as bots communicating over a private messaging channel to a remote attacker. ...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Latest News about Microsoft on Monday revealed the results of a 15-month test of its Malicious Software Removal Tool. The utility that seeks out and destroys malware reported malicious programs, or bots, on six out of 10 Windows computers it examined. ...
..."The malware environment out there is worse than most people even dream of," Mike Murray, director of vulnerability research for nCircle, told TechNewsWorld. "This report underscores the need for people to understand their security and the need for vendors to work towards security as a goal of their product." ...
...Microsoft scanned 5.7 million consumer and small business PCs on which its Malicious Software Removal Tool was installed between January 2005 and March 2006. The results reveal that about 20 percent of the participating PCs had been cleaned, then re-infected, typically with a different kind of bot.
In addition, about 35 percent of the bots were installed after victims opened e-mail or IM attachments, or downloaded data files from peer-to-peer networks. The majority of the remaining bots spread without any required action by the victim.
At least one "backdoor Trojan," a malicious computer code secretly installed onto PCs, was discovered on 3.5 million computers. That's 62 percent. Most of the backdoor Trojans functioned as bots communicating over a private messaging channel to a remote attacker. ...