The top 10 Windows Malware listed by Microsoft based on their MSRT, or Malicious Software Removal Tool covers only 1,776,569 machines according to an article: Microsoft Lists Top 10 Windows Malware in Security Watch. The article further states that “The downside to it is that it searches for and removes a list of malware that is small compared to that of a real anti-malware product.”

The country data (also covering only top 10 countries) of 4,057,285 machines makes it clear that there are a lot of machines not counted in the top 10 list. And since this covers only top 10 countries and only those cleaned by MSRT excluding those undetected and unremovable, makes us think that there are a lot more Microsoft Windows machines around the world that are infected. This shows that Microsoft has lot bigger problem when it comes to malware. And yes, we’re better off with Free and Open Source Software especially Linux OS.

From: Ariel’s Playground & Toy Factory | http://free-ur-minds.com/iel/?p=204