Costa Rica ranked 7 in the world by infection with 'malware'

Costa Rica is ranked No. 7 worldwide malware infections, ie malicious programs among which mainly include trojans, viruses and worms.

This is indicated by the latest report on the subject presented by PandaLabs, the laboratory of computer security company Panda Security.

According to the analysis during the second quarter (April to June) was detected that 44% of Costa Ricans computers were infected.

This percentage is not only above the world average (which is 39.79% of infected computers), but places the country in seventh place in the world infected machines. In this field, only Costa Rica than China, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, Russia and Brazil, the report said.

The document indicates that, globally, the most common types of infections are Trojans (69.30%), viruses (10.41%) and worms (8.53%).

A Trojan is a malicious software that is installed on your computer and allows an attacker to access the machine. A virus, however, is installed on the computer and alter files and programs, while worms usually generate network problems.

Causes. According to Roger Campos, PandaLabs security specialist Costa Rica, the country has this level of infection, "mainly because of little concern for the users, information technology managers and business owners about computer security, along with the lack of real risks associated with poor management in this area. "

Data from this company in 2010 indicate that 70% of companies use a single provider practices of security.

"As popularly say, are 'putting your eggs in one basket,'" said Campos.

Moreover, not all companies have a responsibility for security.

"In Costa Rica suffer the same problems that are experienced by almost everyone: they have antimalware solutions (like antivirus), but they are not properly configured or updated," he added.

"In addition, users are fully trained in the area of ​​computer security (specifically, social engineering, web browsing and social networks), and apply security updates of the operating system, Internet browser, or critical applications," said.

Campos admitted that external factors such as epidemics of malware, targeted attacks or failures of safety systems, have also affected the country.

The recommendation of the experts is not only having a system of protection (antivirus, firewall, antispyware) quality, but to maintain the system properly updated.

Also, be wary of calling messages from people you do not know, or suspicious applications, for example, that promise to know who visits your Facebook profile.