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Code
Red infected every vulnerable computer on the Internet within 14
hours; Slammer did the same in 20 minutes. An IM exploit could spread
to half a million computers in just 30 seconds (Symantec Security
Response)
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In
2001, one in 300 e-mails contained a virus; for 2004, that number is
predicted to be one in 100 (MessageLabs)
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Attacks
increased tenfold in the past ten years, from 1,334 reported attacks
in 1993 to 137,529 in 2003 (CERT Coordination Center)
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20-40
new or variant virus threats were reported daily to TrendMicro in 2003
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The
number of attacks between January and June, 2003 exceeded 70,000 --
double those of the previous year (Reuters)
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Ninety-two
out of 300 randomly selected companies suffered a major (more than 25
computers affected) virus attack in 2003 (Computer Virus Prevalence
Report)
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Companies
in the above survey reported that 11% of their computers were infected
in any given month (Computer Virus Prevalence Report)
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Spyware
is estimated to be present on about 90% of computers with a broadband
connection (Scott Culp, Microsoft)
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Spyware
is responsible for about a third of all Windows application crashes (Scott
Culp, Microsoft)
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Viruses
cost businesses around the world $55 billion in 2003, up from $13
billion in 2001 (TrendMicro)