[LINK] Computer viruses hit one million

[Kim Holburn]

Or should that read: Windows viruses hit one million.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7340315.stm

> Computer viruses hit one million
>
> (The vast majority of viruses are aimed at Windows machines)
>
> The number of viruses, worms and trojans in circulation has topped  
> the one million mark.
>
> The new high for malicious programs was revealed by security firm  
> Symantec in the latest edition of its bi-annual Internet Security  
> Threat Report.
>
> The vast majority of these programs have been created in the last  
> twelve months, said Symantec.
>
> Cyber criminals pump out malware to fool anti-virus programs which  
> look for characteristics they have already seen.



> The report notes: "almost two thirds of all malicious code threats  
> currently detected were created during 2007."
>
> The vast majority of these viruses are aimed at PCs running  
> Microsoft Windows and are variants of already existing malicious  
> programs that have proved useful to hi-tech criminals in the past

>
> Symantec said part of the rise was down to criminals increasingly  
> using trojans as a "beachhead" to gain access to a PC and then use  
> that route to download and install a variety of other malicious  
> programs.


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