Panda reports malware loads up 26 per cent
New malware samples are appearing at an average of 73,000 per day, according to researchers.
Security firm Panda Labs said in a recent report that while growth has slowed in recent months, the load of new malware being detected is up 26 per cent from the same period last year, when daily new malware samples averaged around 58,000.
Of those new samples, Trojan infection tools were by far the most popular, accounting for 70 per cent of all malware. Viruses were the second most common, claiming a 16 per cent share. Worm tools accounted for seven per cent of new malware, followed by adware with 2.27 per cent and backdoor applications with 1.89 per cent.
