[pchelpers] News:Sophos says e-mail virus numbers are down
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:08:03 +1200
Malware-to-message ratio improves in first half of 2006
Jeremy Kirk
June 14, 2006 (IDG News Service) -- The proportion of e-mail messages
that contain malware has fallen for the first six months this year
compared to the same period last year, Sophos PLC said on Wednesday.
Statistics released by Sophos show that about one in 91 e-mail messages
contained a virus or other types of bad software, far less than the
1-in-35 figure of a year ago, said Graham Cluley, senior technology
consultant. Sophos provides enterprise-level antivirus, spam, adware and
malware protection products.
"E-mail, as far as viruses are concerned, is actually safer than it was
last year," Cluley said.
While the news is welcome, the bad guys haven't given up. Instead, their
tactics are changing to avoid detection, and they're writing different
kinds of bad software, Cluley said.
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