According to AV-Test, trojans were by far the most common type of malware across Windows, macOS and Android systems in 2019. Accounting for over 58 percent of malware incidents in 2019, trojans place far ahead of second- and third-ranked viruses and scripts.
Distribution of leading malware types worldwide in 2019
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