Malware Growth by Year

The folks over at F-Secure posted this image charting out malware growth by year since 1986 (the year of the first PC virus - Brain.A). The scale of the graph is somewhat skewed because of the enormous growth of malware over the past few years, but the numbers jive with what McAfee AVERT Labs reported earlier this year in that more malware (new strains and variants of existing malware) was discovered in 2007 than in 2005 and 2006 combined.

2008 is expected to provide no relief to this trend either. Hang on and please keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times!