Study locates a virus in every 28 mails in India
As Internet becomes the order of life for more and more Indians who depend on emails to stay in touch, their computers face an increasing virus threat with one in every 28 emails being infected.
The number of malicious websites are on rise and a new virus StormWorm, which uses virtual postcards and YouTube video for its attack, are affecting computers. An estimated 1.8 million computers have been affected by Storm Worm worldwide.
In August, India remained the most vulnerable region in terms of virus attacks with one in every 27.8 emails being infected. However, spam attacks, during this period, accounted for only 29.5 percent of the total emails received in the country.
There was a rise in emails containing links to virtual postcards and Youtube video invites. On August 15, there was a significant outburst of new malicious websites comprising 600000 emails, which were distributed in just 24 hours. As a result of this latest StormWorm activity, the number of emails which contained links to malicious code increased significantly in august to 19.5 percent, a rise of 19 percent from the July figure of 0.5 percent.
The analysis of web trends also reveals the steep rise in the number of new malicious websites appearing every day. In August, a daily average of 1772 new malicious sites were identified and blocked, an average increase of 783 per day since July.
