One in every 14 downloads turns out to be malicious, according to Microsoft data collected from new filtering technology built into its IE9 browser software.



From v3.co.uk:

In a post on the IE blog on Tuesday, Microsoft SmartScreen programme manager lead Jeb Haber said that Internet Explorer blocks between two and five million attacks a day for IE8 and IE9 customers, while the SmartScreen tool has blocked more than 1.5 billion attempted malware attacks since its introduction with IE8.
Haber explained that social engineering attacks, which trick users into running malicious programs, are now far more common than attacks on software vulnerabilities.

  One in 14 downloads are malicious, warns Microsoft