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michael · super moderator Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 981

The number of new pieces of malicious software has doubled in the last year with the web being used increasingly to distribute the code, a report says.
In the first quarter of 2007, security firm Sophos identified 23,864 threats, up from 9,450 on this time last year.

In the same period the firm said it was identifying 5,000 web pages per day infected with so-called malware.

Visitors to websites - even legitimate sites - can protect themselves by ensuring they have up-to-date virus and anti-spyware software installed.

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