64% of software in Russia - are pirate

Compared with its neighbors, Russia remains the country with one of the highest levels of piracy. And as the level of use unlicensed software in the Russian Federation it has an upward trend. In the official press release from Microsoft reports that the risk of cyber threats also continues to grow.

The commercial value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers in Russia after 2015 was $ 1.34 billion, must study The Software Alliance BSA.

"Russia is in the top 10 of the largest markets for illegal trade value set, the senior program manager for BSA in Europe, Africa and the Middle East alexei Black she said. - Trying to save on the conditions of the unstable economic situation, companies are willing to take risks installing unlicensed programs. "

On the assessment of the BSA, in 2015 the levels of piracy in Russia has grown to 64% and 62% in 2013. In terms of money (dollar) volume of software piracy in the Russian Federation was reduced almost half. In 2013, the BSA praised the commercial value of pirated software installed by users at $ 2.6 million (87 million rubles).

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On the level of piracy in neighboring countries, in Belarus, it is estimated that the BSA, 85% is a fake, in Latvia, 49% in Lithuania, 51% in Poland, 48% in the case Estonian 42%. Worldwide in 2015, 39% of software products used illegally. In just one year, this indicator decreased by 4%.

According to the researchers, the use of software piracy increases the risk of malware infection. Last year, teams of users 430 million malware programs, that 36% rate of 2013. When the damage of cyber attacks during 2015 is estimated at $ BSA 400 million identified