Malware infects computers in Kuwait
More than 250,000 computers were infected with malware in Kuwait in one month, a marketing expert said. A study has uncovered 99,000 infected PCs in Kuwait in August, but given its limitations, the total estimate goes beyond a quarter of a million, said Ian Cochrane, Marketing Manager, Trend Micro Middle East.
These computers are operating as Bots, which means they are operating under the influence of an external, typically malicious, agent. Bots are short for Robots because an infected computer is controlled like a robot by an external user.
The agents use spam to spy the data on the machines and use the machine to compromise other machines in a multi-billion dollar criminal racket.
Cochrane said that spams in Kuwait have increased 850 per cent in one year. "So malware is increasing exponentially in the world. Currently, there is a malware derivative written every one and half seconds," he said.
