| 2007 A Record Year For Malware
The explosion of malware PC users saw in 2007 is going to get exponentially worse in 2008, security researchers say. Researchers at McAfee Avert Labs estimated that unique malware will exceed 370,000 pieces by the end of this year, constituting the largest amount of malware on record. The 60 percent increase from 2006 indicates a trend that will likely result in at least 550,000 pieces of new malware by the end of 2008, security researchers say. This trend has been consistent for the last three years, according to a recent McAfee chart. The chart indicated that the most significant spike in malware came between 2006 and 2007, where it rose from a little more than 220,000 to 370,000 new pieces. Between 2000 and 2003, malware remained relatively constant at about 60,000 new pieces, rising incrementally until 2004, when it spiked sharply upward from a little more than 100,000 to about 175,000 new pieces at the end of 2005.
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