Microsoft has released its latest Security Intelligence Report. Among the findings are: There was a 300% increase in the number of trojan downloaders and droppers. Adware remained the most prevalent category of potentially unwanted sotware. The top potentially unwanted sotware family detected in the second half of 2007 was Win32/Hotbar. The most prevalent rogue security sotware detected in the second half of 2007 was Win32/Winixer. During 2H07 the MSRT proportionally cleaned malware from 60% less Windows Vista-based computers compared to computers running Windows XP SP2. More at WinVistaClub.
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