Internet crime with the help of so-called botnets is on the rise worldwide. More and more often these networks of hijacked computers for the spread of malicious software can be used to get for example, account data. The infection rate in Germany is a recent study found that out again recently been declining, falling by 2.6 percent. admit that the danger is not, however, Microsoft said on Wednesday at the launch of the security reports. Europe-ranked Germany, the botnet attack in fourth place behind Spain, France and England. Worldwide affected by the criminal attacks on the most is South Korea, the researchers determined by Microsoft.

Here were recorded in the period January-June 14.6 infections per 1,000 computers checked. In absolute numbers, the U.S. leader with 2.2 million infections, Brazil was followed by a wide margin with 550,000 infections. In Europe, fall in Spain with 382 000 infections, the most private or commercial computer of a "hostile takeover" victims. In Germany, the most widely according to the study, the botnet family Alureon "she makes up some 30 percent of all known botnets. With now eight per cent this is followed by the botnet "Rimecud. "The operators of botnets everything we can to get these networks to expand and thereby to enrich financially," said Michael Kranz, security specialist at Microsoft Germany.