Article: Spyware Infection Rates Return to Peak 2004 Levels According to Webroot State of Spyware Report.

BOULDER, Colo. -- Cyber Criminals Using Lethal Combination of Advanced Spyware Technologies and Mainstream Distribution Channels to Reach Mass Market and Avoid Detection

Spyware infection rates have risen to the highest levels since 2004 when the Internet security scourge was at its supposed peak, according to the latest State of Spyware report issued today by Webroot Software, the leading anti-spyware developer.

During the second quarter of 2006, Webroot researchers found that 89 percent of consumer PCs were infected with an average of 30 pieces of spyware -- a slight increase from the first quarter of 2006 when infection rates returned to alarmingly ...

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