Re: Decrease in Threats?

[Andrew Simmons <asimmons () messagelabs com>]

Aubs wrote:

> On 1/25/06, Rohny Jotton <rohnyjotton () hotmail com> wrote:

>> I've been trying to find any trending of threats seen worldwide, and
>> the only one I have found is at f-secure. The chart seems to support
>> what I'm seeing but I'm curious if others are seeing a decrease also.
>> [...]
>> Also if anyone knows of other sites that show historic trends, I'd
>> appreciate being given the link. I see most antivirus sites will only
>> give percentage breakdowns and not quantities seen.


>  think Message Labs also have this facility messagelabs.com


Yes, we do - see the chart here:

http://www.messagelabs.com/publishedcontent/publish/threat_watch_dotcom_en/threat_statistics/virus_intercepts/DA_115628.chp.html


These stats are based on approximately 100m mails/day passing through
our infrastructure at present, although this figure was somewhat lower
back in 2003.


> Regards,
>
> Aubs
>


cheers

\a

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Andrew Simmons
MessageLabs Security Team
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