Myth: viruses infect 25% of all IBM PCs every month

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MYTH: "viruses infect up to 25% of all IBM PCs every month"

This mythical estimate first surfaced in the media in 1990 after researcher Peter Tippett wrote a complex thesis on how viruses might spread in the future.

Reality:

If 25% suffer an infection every month, then 100% would suffer a virus every four months -- in other words, every IBM PC would suffer an infection three times per year.

Computer viruses exist all over the planet, yes -- but they won't take over the world. Only about 500 different viruses exist at this time; many of them have never existed "in the wild" and some have since been completely eliminated "from the wild." You can easily reduce your exposure to viruses with a few simple precautions. Yes, it's still safe to turn on your computer!

Click here for an advanced discussion on why
the three-times-per-year statistic is itself invalid