67% of the files downloaded with file sharing software are virus-filled

G DATA SoftwareAccording to the release, virus attacks aimed at online gamers using file sharing software are increasing for three consecutive months, and in March statistics, 67% of files contained malware.

Details are as below.
(PDF file) Risky relationship between file sharing software and online game Virus content of P2P DL file sharply increases to 67%

As a result of investigating how much the virus-attached file was included in the file downloaded by the P2P type file sharing software during the three months from January 2008 to March of 2008, More than half of 58% already contained viruses in January 2008, and it turned out that they had increased to 62% in February and 67% in March.

Also, even if estimating damage amount due to attack on online games is small, even if it estimates it is hundreds of millions of yen, if damage such as damage to personal computer by botnet and theft of card number etc are summed, 100 billion yen will not go down I estimate it.