Number of computer viruses tops one million
Some other interesting statistics have also come to light according to a report on computer security, compiled by Symantec.
The US was still by far the greatest contributor to the pool of malicious software infecting the world’s computers, accounting for 24 per cent of such activity. Madrid, meanwhile, was the city with the highest number of so-called “zombie” computers - machines that have been co-opted into performing particular tasks by criminals based elsewhere.
Reported vulnerabilities in browsers such as Firefox have also risen sharply according to the Symantec research.
