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Spyware accounts for 90 per cent of malware
« on: April 04, 2005, 10:30:58 AM »
But users still confused by what is and isn’t spy ware…

Around 90 per cent of malware found on both home and corporate PCs is spyware, according to internet security firm Panda Software.

Panda said it arrived at the figure after analysing data gathered from an online scanning utility. CTO Patrick Hinojosa said similar studies had found that around 90 per cent of computers are infested with spyware.

"Spyware is installed by many different methods and the infection is not usually visible to the user. These factors increase the infection rate for this type of malware," said Hinojosa.

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