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Stories about: web-based malware

Almost Six Million Web Pages Infected in Recent Months According to statistics released by a Web security vendor, the third quarter of 2009 was characterized by a spike in Web-based malware infections. In total, over 640,000 sites, amounting to 5.8 million web pages, were infected by 52,000 distinct threats during this period. The report was released by Dasient, a compa... 28 October 2009 08:15 GMT U.S. Hosts 42% of the Global Malware U.S.-based websites are responsible for 42% of the global malware, with viruses, worms, Trojans and a lot of other kinds of threats very likely to infect any computer with an Internet connection. China is the second worst country when it comes to secure Web content, being responsible for about 12% of the global malwa... 5 August 2008 11:20 GMT