On the day of the Runet, Kaspersky Lab counted viruses
September 30 in Russia is celebrated the Day of the Internet or as it is often called the Day of the Runet (Runet is the Russian segment of the global networkThe Internet). And this unofficial holiday is celebrated not only by Internet users living in Russia, but also by many other Russian-speaking users from different countries.
In the zone. RU - the national domain zone of Russia - there are already registered 3 million domain names, such Russian brands as "Yandex", "Kaspersky Lab" are world-famous.
By the way, especially for the holiday date, experts Kaspersky Labs decided to conduct a "census" of viruses and other malicious programs that are located in the company's databases. The result of the calculations showed that, as of 13:41 on 30.09.2010, there was in the repository 42 667 363 file, the volume of which is 13 250 gigabyte.
For comparison, in 2007 the number of samplesvirus codes was about 2 million, and in 2009 - about 33.9 million. Kaspersky Lab experts believe that next year the number of existing viruses can double and, therefore, encourage Internet users to take care of their own security and be sure to use antivirus software protection.
Happy holiday of all users of the Russian-language Internet!
