India Increasingly Vulnerable To Online Threats: Study

Microsoft Security Intelligence report analyses the top threats and suggests tips to manage them

October 14, 2011 / 15:10 IST

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 11 (SIRv11), released by Microsoft Corp. today, reveals that in India, infection trends increased in the first half of 2011, in contrast to the generally improved security scenario worldwide. Looking at various online threats, India beat the worldwide average for the analysed categories of Worms, miscellaneous Trojans, Adware, Viruses, Trojan downloaders and droppers, and password stealers and monitoring tools.

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first published: Oct 14, 2011 02:55 pm

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