Apologies, if we seem to be over-using material from IT security firm, Sophos, but they really do have the best stuff most of the time. We have no formal or monetary connections with them. We just find a gold-mine of articles and stats at their site that are updated frequently.
Sophos is also much more international in its coverage and product distribution network, so we're not faced with articles and surveys that imply that no one lives outside the US borders.
The latest Q1 2007 Sophos research on malware shows a marked increase year-over-year for that quarter... roughly 24,000 new threats in Q1 2007 vs 9,500 in the same quarter of 2006.
The good news, though, is that the levels of infected email have fallen... 1 in 256 now vs 1 in 77 a year ago.
The source of malware hosting countries hasn't changed much. China hosts 41% and its partner in crime, the US, hosts 29%. No other country in the world comes close (#3 Russia is at 4.6% and all others are lower).
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