India may have low penetration of computers, but it is ahead of
countries like US, Japan and Singapore when it comes to basic PC
protection, says a report by security software maker McAfee.It conducted a global study across 24 nations, analysing data from voluntary scans of an average of 7-28 million PCs per month to determine a global estimate of
the number of consumers who have basic security software installed.Finland had the highest number of 90.3% PCs with a basic security
software solution in place, followed by Italy (86.2%) and Germany
(85.55%).Basic security protection is defined as working anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall technologies.India ranked 14th on the list with 82.67%, while China ranked 17th
(82%), followed by Japan and US at the 19th spot (80.65%) and Singapore
at 22nd position (78.25%). The global average stood at 83%.According to estimates, India had a total installed base of over 60 million PCs at the end of 2011.