A review on a post on Internet Security from My E-Commerce blog
Reviewing post: "More than 1 million computer viruses in circulation now”
http://ecommerze.blogspot.com/search/label/Internet%20Security
Symantec bi-annual Internet Security Threat Report in 2008 show that more than a million of computer viruses, worms and trojans in circulation for last twelve month. It is the efforts of the cyber criminal groups to put up the malwares to foll the anti-virus programmes.
In year 2007, Symantec detected more than 711,912 new malicious code threat which brings the total number of malicious programs that Symantec anti-virus programs detect to 1,122,311. On the other hand, it shows that almost two thirds of all malware were created during 2007.
Most of the malicious programs are targeted at the various versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system such as Window XP and Window 2000. S
Some security firms reported a significant increase in the number of viruses online
- Panda Software indicated that it was getting more than 3000 sample of malware everyday.
- Security software testing organisation AV Test reported that a total of 5.49 million unique samples of malicious software were detected in 2007 which is 5 times higher than 2006.
- Finnish security firm F-Secure highlighted a doubling increase in the number of pieces of malware it detected in 2007 as compared to 2006.
Common types of malware software:
| virus | A program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes. |
| Trojan Horse | A destructive program that masquerades as a benign application. Unlike viruses, Trojan horses do not replicate themselves |
| worm | A program or algorithm that replicates itself over a computer network and usually performs malicious actions |
References:
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7340315.stm
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7232752.stm
- http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2004/virus.asp
