On Saturday, May 10, 2014 8:22:22 AM UTC-4, Sherlock.Homes wrote:
http://www.delhidailynews.com/news/M...ft-1399714500/



The newly published Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) has said

that the Windows 7PC is more at risk of having malware than XP computers.





Microsoft said that in the last quarter of 2013, the Windows 7 computers it

scanned were more likely to be infected by malware than PCs running Windows

XP. An infection rate of 2.59% was found for Windows 7 PC compared to 2.42%

for XP.



Windows Vista was also affected by malware. Microsoft has calculated the

infection rate for each version of Windows is calculated by comparing an

equal number of computers per version.



The company said that infection rates jumped drastically from Q3 to Q4 2013

mainly due to the Rotbrow family of malware which presented itself as a

browser add-on.



Microsoft Security Intelligence Report said that Windows 7 can provide

better security than Windows XP if configured in a proper manner.



The infection rates measured in computers cleaned per thousand (CCM -- yes

M, the Latin for thousand) rose from 5.6 in Q3 to 17.8 in Q4 of last year on

the back of the Win32/Senfit click fraud bot.



The CCM rates for Vista and Windows 7 were higher than XP for the quarter.

The report shows an infection rate of 25.9 percent for Windows 7, 32.4

percent for Vista and 24.2 percent for XP.

Ther'e a surprise. Those out to screw the world are focused on new
OS's that are widely used and increasing, instead of the decade old and
declining one. Makes sense just from volume. Then factor in that
since XP is a decade old, hackers have had that much time to find and
exploit and flaws, while with Win 7, there is probably much more to
look for and that hasn't been found/fixed.