India surpasses U.S. and Japan in PC security, finds McAfee survey

McAfee has released a world PC security report after conducting a survey on 24 countries across the globe. The survey results reveal that India may have low PC penetration, but it is ahead of leading nations, like Japan and U.S, in terms of PC security. This survey was conducted by analyzing the data from voluntary scans on an average 27-28 million PCs per month to determine the estimate of the number of consumers with basic security worldwide. Here, basic security means a working anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall installed on a PC. According to the survey, Finland grabbed the top spot for basic security solution with 90.3 percent , followed by Italty and Germany with 86.2 percent and 85.55 percent, respectively. India takes the 14th position with 82.67 percent and China appears three steps lower at 17th place with 82 percent, followed by Japan, U.S and Singapore.

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