Although we have not seen many outbreaks today, antivirus vendor Trend Micro still reports a 22 percent increase in infections since last quarter:
During the second quarter (April-June) of this year, more than 10 million virus infections have happened worldwide, according to Trend Micro, a leading anti virus and internet content security software services provider.
Trend Micro's World Tracking Centre recorded 10,248,989 infections worldwide during the April-June quarter of this year.
This number is huge hike (22 per cent) from last quarters 8,279,477, a company statement said.
The full article, published in the Hindu, is here. No statistics were provided on whether Trend Micro had substantially increased the number of computers which they cover, which could account for the spike in reported infections.
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Jul 17 2005, 04:02 PM
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