Fig 5: Malware Infections by Type In Q1 2013 (%)

Let’s take a look at the number of infections caused by each malware category around the world. As mentioned in earlier reports, one of the features of Trojans is that they cannot replicate automatically, so they are less capable of triggering massive infections than viruses or worms, which can infect a large number of PCs by themselves. The graph below shows the distribution of malware infections:

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