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"Soaring malware levels hint at criminal activity"
Published: July 5, 2005, 7:57 AM PDT
By Alice Lander and Graeme Wearden
Special to CNET News.com

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Security company Sophos has seen a dramatic rise in the number of viruses, worms and Trojan horses this year as more organized criminals turn to cybercrime.

The company reported last week that it had detected 7,944 new pieces of such malware in the first six months of this year--almost 60 percent more than the same time last year.

The biggest growth was in Trojan horses, programs that can damage a user's files, steal information, or even create a backdoor that can be used to compromise a PC."