Viruses/Worms News

Virus peak approaches

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Businesses have been warned that next Monday may bring the highest transmission of computer viruses and trojans of any single day this year.

According to UK paper the Guardian, researchers have predicted that November 24th is likely to be the high point of malware activity in 2008.

Data from the web security analysts investigated the transmission cycles of more than 500,000 worms and viruses.

Results for 2007 activity show that the largest volumes came four days ahead of Thanksgiving and the group is predicting that this is likely to be the case again this year.

Security researchers believe the large increase in malware could be the result of increased web commerce in the run up to Christmas.

In other developments, the Japan Times warned recently that USB viruses are also spreading rapidly.

According to recent research, flash memory viruses were found to be responsible for 53 percent of all infections.ADNFCR-1765-ID-18881964-ADNFCR

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