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More than a quarter of UK PCs could be affected by malware

posted onJune 2, 2015
by l33tdawg

The number of malware being identified seems to be growing unabated as security outfit Pandalabs claims to have identified more than 20 million new malware samples for the first quarter of 2015.

The majority of these are variants of existing malware rather than new malware, designed to evade detection by software security companies, mimicking what happens with biological viruses.

Trojans are by far the most common malware with viruses, worms and adware/spyware following. Data collected by the security outfit shows that more than a quarter of UK computers with Pandalabs products installed "came in contact with malware", which the firm is quick to underline, doesn't mean that they were infected.

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