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[News] [Rival] 25 Million New Malware Strains (Windows Only)

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] 25 Million New Malware Strains (Windows Only)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:52:08 +0000
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PandaLabs Detects 25 Million New Malware Strains

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| The past year set a new record for malware 
| creation with 25 million new strains, 
| according to a new report by PandaLabs.
| 
| The latest surge of activity included new 
| examples of banker Trojans, which accounted 
| for 66 percent of all new samples, as well as 
| a number of fake antivirus programs.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/01/05/pandalabs-detects-25-million-new-malware-strains


Recent:

One-third of Security Essentials users infected: Microsoft

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| Almost a third of the customers who have
| installed Microsoft's free Security
| Essentials software have been found to be
| suffering from major malware infections.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28745/53/


Related:

Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
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