AV-TEST, specializing in anti-malware solutions, recently presented its report on the growth of malware in 2022.
According to their data, the company received nearly 70 million new samples of Windows malware. This stat makes macOS very humble with only 12,000 new samples being derived, making the number of samples from Windows 5,000 times higher than seen on macOS. If we talk regarding Linux, we are getting a little closer to what Windows got with 2 million new samples for Linux. But the numbers for Windows are still more than 60 times higher than those for Linux.
Remarkably, even though Windows has registered the highest amount of malware, since September the amount of detected malware has gone down and continues to go down gradually. In January, month following month, the amount of malware and potential unwanted applications (PUAs) was at an all-time low.
Next is macOS, which recorded the lowest amount of malware among the three systems this year. The amount of PUA remained more or less the same throughout the year, almost 1,800,000 samples found. However, even though the number of malware is relatively low, the operating system suffered from an increase in the number of malware in November and December.
But what’s most impressive is that Linux had the best year, as it seems the application has killed off all sorts of new growth. Indeed, since June, there has been little or no new growth this year.
Source : AV Test
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