However, it seems that the Alureon malware makers are getting ready as users upgrade to 64-bit machines. Security researchers have typically suggested that 64-bit machines are less susceptible to malware because of architectural differences. Likely most of the machines being attacked were 32-bit PCs, which are more prevalent than 64-bit machines. Most of the infections reported in May were detected in the United States (50 percent), followed by the United Kingdom (less than 10 percent) and Canada (around 2 percent). To date, this family of malware has been removed from more than 1.2 million machines by the MSRT software, Microsoft's security team announced on Friday. Microsoft cited success battling the Win32/Alureon rootkit back in May, when it reported that Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) had cleaned 361,069 computers of the malware. Microsoft's security team noted late last week that variants of the Alureon rootkit are now capable of infecting 64-bit Windows systems. News Microsoft: Alureon Rootkit Now Targeting 64-Bit PCs
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