175,000 Vietnamese computers get infected with viruses a day
BKAV said that 39,000 new viruses appeared in 2011, while W32.Sality.PE is believed to be the most widespread with 4.2 million computers getting infected with this kind of virus. Especially, BKAV has warned that it is not only the biggest culprit in 2011, but may also affect millions of computers in the time to come.
However, there is a strange thing about this kind of virus. Though having affected to millions of computers, BKAV’s experts, after a long period of supervising the virus, said that the virus has been sitting quiet, while it has not activated destructive activities, such as stealing or destroying data.
According to the experts, it may happen that an organization, or even a nation backs the virus network, while it is still unclear about their intention. Therefore, BKAV has advised computer users nationwide to scan their computers with the anti-virus software products using the technologies allowing to kill metamorphic viruses.
