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[News] Microsoft's Rootkit Disinformation, Understates Figures Again

Do 1.28 Million computers have a Rootkit?

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| So assuming like for like, the Microsoft figure of 256,000 unique
| computers with rootkits could mean, taking Symantec results into
| account, Microsoft have only found 20% of the actual number of
| computers with rootkit. Thats a staggering 1,280,000 (1.28 Million)
| computers infected with rootkits.
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http://www.antirootkit.com/blog/2006/11/04/do-128-million-computers-have-a-rootkit/

They do the same thing with malware figures and XBox 360 failure rates,
tweaking them _orders of magnitude_. Lies, damn lies, and statistics...

I'll give reliable references to support this, in case you need them.

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