Report: one in three computer users within the EU had a malware problem in 2010

[Peaches]

8 February 2011, 15:02

Report: one in three computer users within the EU had a malware problem in 2010

The European statistics agency Eurostat, based in Luxembourg, announced on Monday that in the last year nearly one in three internet users in European Union countries has experienced a problem with malware. According to the Eurostat report, 31% of computer users had a malware infection in 2010, which led to a loss of data or time. Any financial losses were not quantified. In compiling the survey, Eurostat used data mostly for the second quarter of 2010 from people in the 27 EU member states in the age range of 16 to 74.

More details … http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Report-one-in-three-computer-users-within-the-EU-had-a-malware-problem-in-2010-1185359.html

[TheTerrorist_75]

By what I am seeing it should be 1 in 3 EU computers are spambots.

[Peaches]

By what I am seeing it should be 1 in 3 EU computers are spambots.

Either way, the number is high but I am not surprised.