Fewer viruses in email, says Sophos
The proportion of email messages that contain malware has fallen for the first six months this year compared to the same period last year, Sophos said yesterday. Statistics released by Sophos show that about one in 91 email messages contained a virus or other types of bad software, far less than the one-in-35 figure of a year ago, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant. Sophos provides enterprise-level antivirus, spam, adware and malware protection products.
"Email, 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.
