A simple search engine can bring up several resources for researching and finding virus information. One virus scanning company has already trapped more e-mail viruses so far this year than in the whole of 2000. NO one seems to know the answer, sure the China vs. US website defacement was on, but reports of Virus attacks between them have been minimal.
Viruses are on the rise.
By the end of yesterday, the number of viruses trapped this year by the MessageLabs SkyScan virus scanning service in 2001 was near 200,000, which exceeds the mark reached in the whole of 2000. McAfee, a computer virus company, posted on their website that the Homepage worm was distributed by rival firm Sophos. Sophos technical support has denied the claim and stated that McAfee's products were falsely alarming its customers. It is impossible to know an exact number of viruses reported world wide, however the increase reported number could also reflect the increase in computer users now on the Internet. Although damage was extensible, none have been acknowledged as the infamous Love Bug virus from last year.