McAfee Threats Report Q2 2012: Malware spread fastest in last 4 years

The McAfee Security Threats report reveals that the spread of malware has been at its fastest in the last four years and that there were more than 1.5 million...

September 05, 2012 / 18:25 IST

In its threats report that McAfee released today, it made a shocking revelation that the spread of malware has been at its fastest in the last four years and that there were more than 1.5 million of such malware-ridden software in the April-June quarter of this current year. The McAfee Security Threats added further, "Unique malware samples in our 'zoo' collection number 1.5 million more this quarter than last. At this rate we will almost certainly see 100 million samples by next quarter and possibly the first 10-million-sample quarter."

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first published: Sep 5, 2012 06:18 pm

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