About half a million computers get bot infection daily

About half a million computers get bot infection daily, tells PandaLabs in its 2007 annual report.

Around 11 percent of all computers belong to botnets which is extremely scary. Those computers send over 85 percent of all spam mail.

- Creator of botnet can lease it to others. Internet criminals use those in many criminals acts like infecting those computers and for DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. One of the most commonly used ways is sending of spam mailsm, tells PandaLabs leader Luis Corrons.

In year 2007 over a half of home user mails were spam. And situation is even more difficulties in companies, same amount was there between 80 and 95 percent.

The origin of spam mail was in almost 60 percent of all cases Russia and in 60 percent of all cases USA. Other major spammer countries were Turkey (6 %), Germany (5 %) and Great Britain (3 %).

Source: Panda