Sometimes , information processing system viruses are impact by things you would n’t generally think of . Some are more obvious than others . For representative , their spread is indirectly feign by the weather due to people staying indoors and using their computers more during the frigid weather condition . During snowstorm in the US in 2016,infections spikedas defrauder targeted the increase in people online .
You would n’t , however , await them to be affected too much by religious holidays . We ca n’t intend why infections would peak during Holi or bowl during Christingle . However , during Lent every class there are big wavering from normal contagion rate .
In the US , during Lent so far this yr , malware virus infections have dropped off by 17 pct , according tothe Enigma Software Group ( ESG ) . If you break it down by city , you see even larger drop - offs , with Pittsburg top the list with a humongous 38 pct drop - off during the Lenten time of year .
So what ’s going on ? Are people too exhausted from not eating chocolate to install Pirate Bay ? Too full of hot cake to download any illegal written matter ofShrekorShrek 2 ? That might be part of the answer , but it ’s most potential also because people are giving up Internet porn for forty day .
Just like Jesus would have want .
" It ’s very coarse for people who participate in Lenten activities to curtail usage of things like societal media and technology in oecumenical in the workweek lead up to Easter , " explained ESG spokesperson Ryan Gerding in astatement .
" In those metropolis with a higher than average Catholic population , we actually see a bit of a decrease in [ computer ] infections , and we conceive that ’s because they are giving up , at least temporarily , some of the activities that could take them to getting infection . "
That does n’t fathom too adult . Wait for it .
“ They could very well be giving up porn for Lent , " Gerding continue . " What we ’ve found is that a heavy percentage of the malware that ends up on our customer ’ computers is because they were claver grownup websites . ”
The dropoff in the great unwashed assay assistant for malware issues usually lasts the whole way through Lent . 2017 saw a dropoff of 14 percent in people seeking service for malware infections , as people stick to their Lent promises , however , crotch - related they may be .
" And then as soon as Easter is over , it expire flop back up again . ”
Well , there ’s an Easter tradition you do n’t hear much about . If you shin keeping track , it goes Palm Sunday , Easter Monday , Touch It Tuesday followed by the usual What The F*ck Is Wrong With My laptop computer What Are All These Pop - Ups Wednesday .
