Avira decided to turn off the SMB1 protocol entirely on the infected machine to stop the endless infection loop.
The experts discovered around 300,000 computers affected by the issue and the Avira Protection whatever is deactivating the SMB1 protocol on around 14,000 computers daily.
The list of the top ten countries for serially infected machines is:
- Indonesia
- Taiwan
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Egypt
- Russia
- China
- Philippines
- India
- Turkey
The above list doesn’t surprise the experts, according to studies from Statista, the above countries are top nations for the use of unlicensed software.
“The predominance of infected machines outside of North America and Europe roughly parallels studies from Statista on the use of unlicensed software.
” concluded AVIRA.
“This study found unlicensed software rates averaging around 52 – 60% outside the United States and the European Union and fell to 16% and 28% respectively in these areas. Unlicensed software is usually unable to get the latest patches against vulnerabilities such as EternalBlue.”