Re: Are virus rates declining?
From: Br0wnbear (brownbearat_at_canadadotcom.com)
Date: 01/31/05
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:50:16 -0500
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:42:32 -0600, Marc Hoffman
<mhoffman@morrisprintinggroup.com> wrote:
>Hi All...
>
>After installing an antivirus component onto our email server back in March
>of 2004, we've noticed a pretty steady decline in the number of viruses
>trying to enter via email starting in June 2004:
>
>April 2004 - 3623
>May 2004 - 4302
>June 2004 - 4437
>July 2004 - 3589
>August 2004 - 2993
>September 2004 - 1684
>October 2004 - 1094
>November 2004 - 1757 (this is the only month that we actually saw a spike in
>the number of viruses)
>December 2004 - 969
>January 2005 - 555 (this is our lowest number of viruses since April)
>
>This appears to be VERY good news, as email-borne viruses appear to be on
>the decline. Perhaps this is due to Service Pack 2? In any case, has anyone
>else observed these trends?
>
>Marc
Marc
Shhhhhh we don't want to wake anyone out there up.
I would guess it's actually more the case of more sophisticated Worms
being out there and less people that know how to distribute them
discretely.
More sophisticated Av Products catching them, and users are getting
better educated.
hth
John Brown
Bears are always happy, we get to hibern8 and
now I am going back to sleep
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