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Almost half of the western countries analyzed are among the Top 20
countries with the most Internet users – and those users are very
active. Most consider the Internet not only a source of information
but also the easiest way to keep in touch and the most accessible way
to make purchases and payments. Additionally, in western countries
people keep most of their savings in banks and actively use online or
mobile banking systems to manage their bank accounts.
At the same time, computers in these countries are often well
protected and are difficult for cybercriminals to penetrate. Western
users have sufficient skills and knowledge to protect their computers
against infection. In particular, installing an antivirus program is
considered a basic security measure for users in the US and Western
Europe.
Users in Western Europe and North America are quick to migrate to
new versions of operating systems, making it harder for
cybercriminals to find ways around IT security systems. For
example, in the first half of 2012 more than half of computers
(62.4%) in these countries were running under Windows 7. There is
6 percentage points higher than the global average.
With each new update of an operating system, integrated security

2. solutions become more advanced. Current operating systems
incorporate several mechanisms to combat malware: DEP, ASLR,
restrictions on installing drivers without digital signatures, etc. In
addition, most operating systems are licensed. This enables them to
automatically receive updates which are often critical for security.
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The level of information security in Western countries forces
cybercriminals to develop new technologies. The malicious
programs distributed by malware authors in these countries share a
high level of technical complexity. North American and Western
European users in effect become guinea pigs for cybercriminals to
test their latest creations: technologies designed to infect computers
that hide malicious code in the system, as well as various
mechanisms for making money.
The cybercriminals’ main target in this region is money and Trojan
programs are the tool of choice when it comes to stealing it.
All Trojan programs distributed in Western countries can be divided
into four groups.

3. The largest group is that of Trojans that deliver other malicious
programs to users’ computers. Because malware authors continually
produce modifications to try to evade antivirus defenses, there are a
huge number of these. Meanwhile, the targeted delivery of malicious
programs has given rise to a separate type of shady business
practices.
Cybercriminals are especially interested in the second group of
programs, which monitor user activity and steal important
information. The most dangerous of these are Trojans targeting
information to access online banking systems such as Trojan-Banker,
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot, Trojan-Spy.Win32.Spyeyes and
Backdoor.Win32.Sinowal. If one of these programs successfully
infects a computer, the fraudsters get access to the user’s bank
account and can use that money at their own discretion.
Another group of Trojans are designed to extort money from the
users on some pretext or other. They include rogue antivirus
programs and ransomware.
Multifunctional Trojans perform two or more functions such as
stealing the user’s data and downloading other malicious programs
to the computer.
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