{"id":48071,"date":"2014-04-10T14:07:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T14:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=48071"},"modified":"2014-04-10T14:07:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T14:07:04","slug":"study-finds-new-pcs-loaded-with-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/study-finds-new-pcs-loaded-with-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds New PCs Loaded with Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<h4>Study Finds New PCs Loaded with Malware<\/h4>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/news\/download\/presskits\/dcu\/docs\/idc_031814.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new study<\/a> conducted by IDC and commissioned by Microsoft reveals some troubling statistics that illustrate the depths of the global malware and pirated software problem.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most shocking:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The study, sponsored by Microsoft and published this month, found that nearly 46 percent of computers purchased from 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