25 million new malware strains in one year

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The outstanding trend of the last 12 months has been the prolific production of new malware: 25 million new strains were created in just one year, compared to a combined total of 15 million throughout the last 20 years
http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1185
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That is a terrible statistic ! :frowning:

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Hi CharleyO,

Our anti-malware fight here is really a drop in the ocean. Aren’t we all doing this in vain, my friend?

polonus

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There are a few anti-malware fighters around.

  • Malwarebtes Anti-Malware
  • SUPERAntiSpyware
  • Microsoft’s Malicious Software Removal Tool
  • Microsoft Security Essentials
  • hpHosts and MVPS HOSTS files
  • WinPatrol

To name a few.

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The good fight is never in vain ! :smiley: