June 4, 2007 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Online security firm Sophos (sophos.com) announced on Monday the results of its latest report into malware threats, which reveals that 9,500 infected Web pages were discovered each day during May.
The figures show that malware continues to pose a serious threat to Web users, as the number of malware threats increased over April’s results.
Sophos identified a total of 304,000 Web pages hosting malicious code in May, an increase of 1,000 per day on April’s figures. The firm recently reported that the malware threat has doubled for the first quarter of 2007.
Google also found a significant amount of malicious Web pages in a recent online security study, with China hosting the most malicious Web sites at 53.2 percent. The US was found second on the list at 27.4 percent, Germany in third with 5.1 percent and Russia following in fourth with 3.5 percent.
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