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Malware infections in Windows PCs tripled in late 2013, Microsoft finds

2014-05-07 15:51:18| InfoWorld: Top News

A three-fold increase in Microsoft Windows computers infected with malicious software in late 2013 came from an application that was for some time classified as harmless by security companies. The finding comes as part of Microsoft's latest biannual Security Intelligence Report (SIR), released on Wednesday, which studies security issues encountered by more than 800 million computers using its security tools.

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