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There was a three-fold increase in the number of malicious websites around the world infected with malware in March, with almost 3,000 potentially harmful sites intercepted every day of the month.

This Thursday 26 March, marks the 10 year anniversary of the notorious Melissa virus, the very first notable email-aware virus, allegedly named after a lap dancer who the virus creator, David L Smith, supposedly met in Florida.

So-called drive-by download components dominated the latest security threats to our computers during February as cybercriminals attempted to compromise the security of users’ systems.

Trojan.Clicker.CM returned to the leading position of the top 10 E-Threats with 5.40 percent, according to a report just released by BitDefender.

There’s yet another internet threats report released today, this time by Fortinet, a provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions.

McAfee's latest SPAM report warns of a scam which relies on someone’s fear of having their identity stolen and which the security company says is the latest malware campaign tactic employed by identity thieves.