Click me
Transcribed

Are You Suffering a Virus Infection? Computer Repair Tips and More

ARE YOU SUFFERING More than half of all computer uses will encounter malicious software, or malware, A VIRUS INFECTION? costing consumers billions of dollars each year. These programs can destroy your data, steal your information and your PC unusable. Computer Repair Tips and More make 26,000,000 Malware creation hit a record high in 2011: new strains RISE IN MALWARE 80,000 70,000 60,000 1 in 3 U.S. households had 50,000 computers infected with malicious software in 2011 40,000 30,000 20,000 1.3 million 53% PCs had to be replaced 10,000 of all computer users have experienced a malware infection at some point 2009 2010 2011 Number of new strains detected per day 2011 Consumers lost $2,300,000,000 due to malware infections ATTACKS BY TYPE MOST COMMON MALWARE THREATS SPAM 24 million households Most Common 80.77% Malware Threats .6% VIRUSES Trojans Other 16 million households 9.31% 2.89% SPYWARE 6.43% 8 million households Worms Adware/spyware Viruses VULNERABLE APPLICATIONS TARGETED BY MALWARE ? 35% 25% 11% 4% 4% 1% 20% Adobe Acrobat Java Windows Internet Android Adobe Other Reader Components Explorer Root Flash TOP 3 COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST VIRUS THREATS 1. Russian Federation 2. Oman 3. United States HOW COMPUTERS GET SICK DRIVE-BY DOWNLOADS SPAM EMAIL USER DOWNLOADS You open an email or attachment containing malware You visit a website that stealthily installs a virus on your computer You're tricked into downloading malware - often disguised as anti-virus software 1 IN 3 1 IN 14 Malware infects an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 0000000 D00 000 programs downloaded by computer users are malicious U.S. households receive new websites per day. heavy levels of spam 89% 63% of all emails contain malware User-downloaded viruses are The number of browser-based responsible for malware attacks increased in 2011 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 1 IN 284 emails contains malware attacks per day 25.4% of those attacks came from U.S.-based servers Fake anti-virus programs account for 15% of all malware Where malicious links are 50.1% Pharmaceutical ads found 12.1% Other product ads 9.1% Advance-fee (419) scams 5.1% Gambling $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 4.9% Malware 31% Entertainment sites Creators of fake anti-virus 4.9% Financial 22% Search engines programs rake in more than 3.7% Phishing O 3.2% Dating/sexually explicit material 2.5% Get-rich-quick schemes 4.4% Other 21% Social networks $34,000,000 14% Adult sites 12% Advertisements a month from their malware efforts HOW TO AVOID INFECTION • Do not open emails or attachments from unknown sources • Install security updates regularly • Consider carefully before clicking on any link • Download software only from credible sources • Stay up-to-date on security patches • Close pop-up ads by right-clicking on them in your task bar (not by clicking the “X" in the corner) www.happyhamstercomputers.com Infographic designed by Mad Fish SEO Copyright © 2013 Happy Hamster Computers

Are You Suffering a Virus Infection? Computer Repair Tips and More

shared by HappyHamsterCom... on Apr 17
904 views
4 shares
0 comments
Computer viruses are the nightmares of a technological world. They stealthily spread from machine to machine, wreaking havoc and costing the world billions of dollars in damage each year. Think you ma...

Tags

None.

Category

Computers
Did you work on this visual? Claim credit!

Get a Quote

Embed Code

For hosted site:

Click the code to copy

For wordpress.com:

Click the code to copy
Customize size