Regional Windows malware infection analysis
I started studying regional malware infection rates back in 2007. At first, I studied a relatively small group of countries, probably six or seven. But over time, our work in the SIR was expanded to provide malware CCM and ER data for all countries (over 100) where there was enough data to report statistically significant findings. Over the years, three loosely coupled groups of locations emerged from the data:
- Locations that consistently had malware infection rates (CCMs) lower than the worldwide average
- Locations that typically had malware infection rates consistent with the worldwide average
- Locations that consistently had malware infection rates much higher than the worldwide average
Figure 4.3 illustrates some of the locations with the highest and lowest ERs in the world between 2015 and 2018. The dotted line represents the worldwide average ER so that you can see how much the other locations listed deviate...
