Note stick. Malicious software destroys the data – Senior.pl

17-11-2015

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Nearly half of Internet users (45 percent.) hit a malware last year and the majority of cases (81 percent.) had a negative impact on the device and user data – according to a study by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International.

According to the analysis, it was the most detected on computers running Windows – 83 percent. Linux users admitted that the problem affected them in the past 12 months. However, users of Android and Mac OS X also were not immune to this threat – an infection of your machine indicated 13 per cent respectively. and 6 percent. users.

– Most attacks affect people who use the stick and do not scan them when connected to your equipment. Therefore, you must remember to perform such scans. Other methods of infecting a computer was, among others, open attachments from unknown senders, or climbing on inappropriate sites – says Maciej Ziarek, an expert. IT security at Kaspersky Lab.

As the survey revealed, as much as 12 percent. users believe that their machine has been infected after visiting a suspicious website. In turn, 8 percent. respondents indicated as the source of infection of your USB storage device to another person, other infected device and install the malicious application pretending to be a legitimate program. While a further 7 percent. of respondents admitted that their machine has been infected after. The greater part of the respondents, 13 per cent., Was unable to explain how the malware found on their device.

– Such an attack may result in data leakage, change browser settings, or the whole system. In the worst case, even encrypting all information on the disk or blocking access to a computer, which required a corresponding ransom – adds Maciej Ziarek.

It is worth noting that four out of five infections caused problems owners of infected devices. The most common (35 per cent. Of cases) users recorded slowing computer performance, 30 percent. respondents became the target obtrusive advertisements (e.g.. browser redirect them to the unwanted pages), while 20 percent. were surveyed on their devices unwanted programs. For the most serious effects of infection were to change in your browser settings or operating system without the user’s knowledge (17 percent.), Loss (10 percent.) Or theft (8 per cent.), Unauthorized publications or “liking of” social networks (9 per cent.) And breaking into webcams (6 percent.).

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