Microsoft warns of increased targeting of Windows

Microsoft US software company warned of increasing malicious programs that target computers that run Windows operating systems since the late 2013 tripled, and attributed the reason for this letter to the program was to secure information systems classified initially as a "harmless" companies.

And the transfer of US website "PC World," from Tim Reines official Microsoft saying that during the third quarter of last year, the number of infected computers in the average was 5.8 per thousand computers, pointing out that this number had risen to 17 per thousand computers during the fourth quarter of year.

Reines attributed the cause of the problem to the mail program called "Rotbroo" was being loaded as a program to additional browsers under the name "Brausr Protector" It was supposed to work as a producer of computer protection.

Companies did not protect information systems are classified as "Rotbroo" In the beginning as of malicious programs as this signal capable software programs from the Internet download did not come down any malicious software on computers that are working on, but began later in downloading malicious software, which is what Microsoft's push to warn other security companies of gravity and began to take steps to prevent downloaded to computers.

It is worth noting that the Windows operating system, the dominant system is still the most personal computers in the world with a total market share of more than 90% until March / March 2014, led by the Windows 7 market share of 49%, and then Windows XP by 26%, then the Windows 8 12% and solve the Fourth operating rival to Apple "system, or OS X" by 7.6%.