Aladdin Study Finds Web-Based Threats Grew 1,300 Percent in 2006, Spyware on
a Mission
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| The number of Web-based threats grew from 7,188 in 2005 to 98,020 in
| 2006. Spyware and Trojans gained through visiting Web sites clearly
| topped the charts of the most dangerous threats.
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,52794.shtml
A colleague of mine asked me to help him with spyware an hour ago. It's a new
computer that he has. It's just the mess most people deal with and take for
granted. They fight against their PC (fear, maintenance, and recovery)
rather than just use it.
The network is clogged up, descending to its worst state in at least 5 years
(confirmed yesterday). The reason may be the observations made below, if not
excessive P2P use.
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
| which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he (Cerf) said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
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