The amount of new threats that appear every day is increasing exponentially, and the creators of malicious code are now only after our money. That’s why they are now trying to infect computers silently. Panda Security is carrying out a macro-study online at http://www.infectedornot.com to assess accurately the security status of computers. The website lets Internet users scan their systems for free with the new NanoScan and TotalScan tools.
So far, and although the study has only just begun, we have seen that between 20 to 25 percent of computers have some kind of malicious code, even though most have a security solution installed. This means that many users are infected without knowing.