Microsoft AntiVirus market share

According to NPD Group report the antivirus market share in Q4 of 2006 was as follows:

Symantec 64.7% (down from 76% in Q4 2005)
McAfee 13% (down from 14.4%)
Microsoft 4.4% (just six months after release)
CA 3.6%
TrendMicro 0.6%

October 2006 Net applications market share

Browser Name Total Market Share
Microsoft Internet Explorer 81.28%
Firefox 12.96%
Safari 3.93%
Netscape 0.83%
Opera 0.61%
Mozilla 0.24%
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Search Engine Total Market Share
Google 52.08%
Yahoo! Web Sites 11.59%
Google U.K. 9.81%
MSN 5.36%
Google Canada 3.54%
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Operating System Total Market Share
Windows XP 84.62%
Windows 2000 5.79%
Mac OS 4.09%
Windows 98 2.04%


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Antivirus Scanners Comparison

Andreas Marx tested Antivirus Scanner Detection Rates on 289,682 malware samples:

RANKED RESULTS
#1 WebWasher 99.97%
#2 AntiVir 99.95%
#3 AVK 2007 99.95%
#4 AVK 2006 99.89%
#5 Symantec 99.04%
#6 Kaspersky 98.86%
#7 F-Secure 98.24%
#8 BitDefender 96.51%
#9 Norman 96.34%
#10 Nod32 95.80%
#11 Avast! 95.17%
#12 AVG 94.78%
#13 Fortinet 94.65%
#14 McAfee 93.99%
#15 Rising 91.18%
#16 Panda 90.45%
#17 Dr Web 90.38%
#18 Trend Micro 90.03%
#19 Ikarus 84.77%
#20 VBA32 81.28%
#21 F-Prot 77.88%
#22 Command 77.11%
#23 Microsoft 76.18%
#24 Ewido 74.67%
#25 Sophos 65.55%
#26 eSafe 59.34%
#27 UNA 58.76%
#28 QuickHeal 55.72%
#29 ClamAV 48.71%
#30 eTrust-VET 48.37%
#31 eTrust-INO 41.92%
#32 VirusBuster 40.94%
Median 90.42%

New Antivirus products detection test:

1. Kaspersky 6.0.0.303 [RUSSIA] - 99.62%
2. F-Secure 2006 6.12.90 [FINLAND] - 96.86%
3. BitDefender 9 [ROMANIA] - 96.63%
4. Microworld eScan 8.0.671.1 - 95.82%
5. AntiVir 7.01.01.02 [GERMANY] - 95.45%
6. ESET Nod32 2.51.30 [SLOVAKIA] - 95.14%
7. McAfee 10.0.27 - 93.03%
8. F-Prot 6.0.4.3 beta [ICELAND] - 87.88%
9. Avast 4.7.871 [CZECH] - 87.46%
10. Dr. Web 4.33.2 [RUSSIA] - 86.03%
11. Norman 5.90.23 [NORWAY] - 85.65%
12. Norton Professional 2006 - 83.18%
13. AVG Professional 7.1.405 [CZECH] - 82.82%
14. Panda 2007 2.00.01 [SPAIN] - 82.23%
15. TrendMicro PC-Cillin 2006 - 80.90%
16. VBA32 3.11.0 [BELARUS] - 79.12%
17. Hauri ViRobot Expert 4.0 [KOREA] - 76.22%
18. UNA 1.83 [Ukraine] - 75.44%
19. Sophos Sweep 6.0.2 [UK] - 69.48%
20. Ikarus 5.19 [AUSTRIA] - 63.22%

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top 10 Search Providers for Aug 2006

Provider searches share
1. Google Search 3,003,205,000 50.2%
2. Yahoo! Search 1,434,169,000 24.0%
3. MSN/Windows Live Search 595,584,000 10.0%
4. AOL Search 328,559,000 5.5%
5. Ask.com Search 136,919,000 2.3%

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Top Security Trends for 2006

Here are the security trends to watch for in 2006:
* Phishing Frenzy
* Business Worm’s Rise
* Insider Threat
* Increasing Network Control
* Wireless Security Focus
* Increased Security Legislation
* Voice Spam Begins
* Selling to SMBs

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Most visited sites in November 2005

1. Yahoo! - 103,882,000 unique visitors
2. Microsoft - 96,130,000 unique visitors
3. MSN - 91,348,000 unique visitors
4. Google - 85,526,000 unique visitors
5. AOL - 74,321,000 unique visitors
6. eBay - 56,332,000 unique visitors
7. Amazon - 42,496,000 unique visitors
8. MapQuest - 35,076,000 unique visitors
9. Real - 34,355,000 unique visitors
10. Apple - 30,845,000 unique visitor
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Phishing trends in October

For October 2005
• Phishing mail campaigns: 15820
• Phishing sites: 4367
• Number of brands phished: 96
• Number of brands phished in top 80% : 6
• Country hosting the most phishsites: United States
• Average time online for site: 5.5 days
• Longest time online for site: 31 days
Anti-Phishing Working Group report: >> Link