Before we rehash the same old comments - and effectively clone a number of threads that have gone before, shouldn't we examine the claim of 600,000 infections?
That's the remarkable thing about this story. I'm not overly familiar with Dr.Web as a security company, but I'm more than a little skeptical about the distribution of infections.
The website gives little information about how the research was carried out
http://news.drweb.com/?i=2341&c=5&lng=en&p=0.
How is it that the UK has seen 12.8% of worldwide infections, while Ireland has seen just 0.1% of infections? The UK has a population ten times bigger than Ireland, so given roughly equal market share (5 to 6%), you'd expect a tenth of number of infections or thereabouts.
Switzerland has a much higher market share than Ireland (17%) and a larger population, but comes out with the same 0.1%.
I'd like to understand how these numbers were arrived at and verfied. If they are genuine and valid, I'd love to know how Switzerland is staying safe, because we should probably all adopt their methodology.