October 2005 worst ever for new viruses
Wednesday, November 2. 2005
By William Eazel
Security experts have reported that this October saw biggest ever recorded increase in new viruses. According to Sophos, last month's total of 1,685 newly discovered viruses marked the greatest month-on-month jump since the firm first began regular malware monitoring in the late 1980s.
Netsky-P worm continued to head up the top ten chart twenty months after it was first detected, accounting for 17.2 percent of all infections. However, Mytob-GH, which first appeared just over two weeks ago, was found to have already reached second place (8.1 percent) and showed no sign of abating. This Mytob variant is well placed to topple Netsky-P from the top of the chart in November, according to the IT security firm.
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