MSRT analysis report - 3.5M Trojans...
FYI...
- http://www.techweb.com/article/print...section=700028
June 12, 2006
"Backdoor Trojans are a clear and present danger to Windows machines, Microsoft said Monday as it released the first-ever analysis of data collected by the 15-month run of its Malicious Software Removal Tool, a utility that seeks out and destroys over five-dozen malware families. According to Microsoft's anti-malware engineering team, Trojans that, once installed, give an attacker access and control of a PC, are a "significant and tangible threat to Windows users." Of the 5.7 million unique PCs from which the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) has deleted malware, 3.5 million of them -- 62 percent -- had at least one backdoor Trojan... Since it debuted in January 2005, the MSRT has been run some 2.7 billion times on an increasing number of PCs. In March 2006, the last month for which data was compiled, 270 million unique systems ran the tool, which is automatically downloaded and run on systems with Windows/Microsoft Update turned on. Over those 15 months, the MSRT found malware on one in every 311 computers..."
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Full report URL: http://tinyurl.com/fy8x9
File Name: MSRT - Progress Made Lessons Learned.pdf
Version: 1.0
Date Published: 6/12/2006
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