Fake security software programs and attacks using vulnerabilities in applications continued to pester Internet users in the last half of 2008. Microsoft detected two Trojan horse programs masquerading as security software on more than 3 million computers. The U.S. remained the No. 1 country for hosting phishing sites, Microsoft said. The most frequently exploited flaw in Microsoft Office, CVE-2006-2492, was patched more than two years ago yet is still targeted by 91.3 percent of attacks against the software suite.”]
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