Half of New Viruses Only Useful to Cyber-criminals For A Single Day

[SysAdMini]

http://blog.damballa.com/?p=311

I’ve been saying it for several years now, but it looks like one of the traditional anti-virus companies have finally admitted to the problem. Most new viruses released by cyber-criminals are only “useful” for a single day – within 24 hours they’ve created a new batch of viruses and released them, and so continues the cycle. Panda Security issued their press notification concerning their latest threat findings – in particular, “52 Percent of New Viruses Last Only 24 Hours, According to PandaLabs“.