According to recent data gathered at the Infected or Not website (http://www.infectedornot.com/.infectedornot.com/), UK has the lowest rate of computers infected with active malware, 8.65%, but it still maintains a high number of computers infected by latent malware, 24.94% (not running when the scan was carried out).
Panda Security reports that 18.92% of worldwide users that used its online tools, NanoScan and TotalScan, had active malware on their computers and 24.14% of PCs had latent malware.
France was the country with most computers containing active malware, 28.21% (infections per country can be seen on the website). Spain on the other hand, was the country with most computers infected by latent malware, 29.10%.
Country PCs with active malware PCs with latent malware
Germany; 11.02 %; 15.96 %
Argentina ; 17.41 %; 26.01 %
Brazil; 18.01 %; 19.05 %
Spain; 16.30 %; 29.10 %
Italy; 14.18 %; 21.11 %
France; 28.21 %; 18.09 %
Mexico; 23.12 %; 27.28 %
UK; 8.65 %; 20.75 %
USA; 17.87 %; 24.94 %
Source: Infected or Not (http://www.infectedornot.com/)
