14.07.2008

2008: Malware deluge breaks all records

Bochum (Germany), July 14th 2008 - The malware industry has shifted up a gear and, since the beginning of the year, has swamped the Internet with a malware flood of truly biblical proportions. On a daily basis some 1,500 new malware agents are unleashed against Windows users. In the first six months of the current year alone, G DATA Security Labs has recorded more than 318,000 new malware creations - more malicious code than...