Syware News!....Belive it or Not..

This is the report based on the most of the analysis on the Net....Nine out of ten PCs are infected with spyware, new research has found.
After a fall in 2005, spyware infection rates have risen again to their highest level since 2004, thought to be spyware's heyday, according to a recent report by anti-spyware company.

According to the Webroot Company, during the second quarter of 2006, Webroot researchers found that 89 per cent of consumer PCs were infected with an average of 30 pieces of spyware, a slight increase from the first quarter of 2006.

New online channels, more sophisticated spyware technology and consumer reliance on free anti-spyware applications are all contributing factors.
Spyware has found fertile ground to propagate among new victims in social networking sites such as MySpace, according to the report.

Meanwhile spammers recognise the extra profitability of adding spyware to their email scams, and criminals are flooding the internet with an increased number of spyware websites to ensnare new victims.

With many PC users still relying on free anti-spyware, new generations of malware are able to avoid detection using more advanced technology, such as rootkits, Trojan downloaders, key-loggers and driver-level installers.

I bet, that consumers are not alone in suffering from an increase in spyware infections. More than 40 spyware-related security breaches were reported by companies during the past quarter.

Despite analyst estimates that 70 per cent of corporations use anti-spyware applications, infection rates among organisations suggest that these solutions may be inadequate.

The reports has shown that the number of this Spyware cases are quite scary...the UK has the worst infection rate in Europe with an average of 30.5 instances of spyware per PC. The global average is 24.5.