Computer Virus

As Europeans cough and sniffle their way through another flu season, new data shows their computers are also quite likely to catch a bug. Despite widespread use of antivirus software, nearly one-third of internet users in European Union were infected by a computer virus last year.

Statistics of countries affected by computer virus.
1) Bulgaria 58%
2) Malta 50%
3) Slovakia <50%
4) Hungary<50%
5) Italy <50%

Safest countries were Austria (14%) and Ireland (15%), while Finland (20%) and Germany (22%).

Viruses often infect a computer when a user downloads a bugged programme or file or opens a spam e-mail with a corrupted link, among other methods.
The world's first computer virus, a mostly innocuous bit of code called "Brain" was unleashed 25 years ago( January 1986) by a Pakistani brothers to prevent software piracy. Since then, a computer viruses have become more dangerous and widespread, with some of the recent bugs targeting social networking sites such as Facebook.

Many people reported viruses, despite the vast majority of those surveyed, 84% , saying they used some sort of antivirus software, firewall or security tool.

I am using Kaspersky antivirus for my HP personal computer.