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Re: BlackWorm: statistics and numbers


From: "Gary Funck" <gary () intrepid com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:23:21 -0800


Fun with numbers (formatting munged due to requirement to send in
text format):

Country Blackworm Infections    Internet Users (Mil.)   Infection Level
Peru    54878   2.85    19255.44
India   79610   18.48   4307.67
Turkey  15516   5.50    2821.09
Greece  4716    1.72    2741.86
Egypt   7615    4.20    1813.10
Intaly  22710   18.50   1227.57
Malaysia        7176    8.69    825.78
Romania 2837    4.00    709.25
Phillipines     2463    3.50    703.71
Indonesia       3873    8.00    484.13
Mexico  2962    10.03   295.31
United States   15271   159.00  96.04
China   3544    94.00   37.70

Source (internet users):
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2153rank.html
Source (blackworm): http://www.lurhq.com/blackworm-stats.html

If we assume the "internet users" figures is at all accurate, and
is perhaps proportional to the number of computers online, we can
see which countries have been hit disproportionately.

Disclaimer: I couldn't read the squished country stats at the
bottom of the pie chart, so I made them up, as China and Romania
respectively. <g>


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