This is how Windows get infected with malware
2011-09-27 10:28:11 | Peter Kruse
When a Microsoft Windows machine gets infected by viruses/malware it does so mainly because users forget to update the Java JRE, Adobe Reader/Acrobat and Adobe Flash. This is revealed by a survey conducted by CSIS Security Group A/S.
Basis of the study
CSIS has over a period of almost three months actively collected real time data from various so-called exploit kits. An exploit kit is a commercial hacker toolbox that is actively exploited by computer criminals who take advantage of vulnerabilities in popular software. Up to 85 % of all virus infections occur as a result of drive-by attacks automated via commercial exploit kits.
The purpose of this study is to reveal precisely how Microsoft Windows machines are infected with the virus/malware and which browsers, versions of Windows and third party software that are at risk.
We have monitored more than 50 different exploit kits on 44 unique servers / IP addresses. Our figures come from the underlying statistical modules, thereby ensuring an as precise overview of the threat landscape as possible.
The statistical material covers all in all more than half a million user exposures out of which as many as 31.3 % were infected with the virus/malware due to missing security updates.
The thousands of users who unknowingly have been exposed to drive-by attacks have used the following web browsers:
Info Here =
http://www.csis.dk/en/csis/news/3321
Here a Link to download the New Spybot Search and Destroy 2.2
http://www.safer-networking.org/spybot2-own-mirror-1/