FYI…

- http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?do…&print=true
AUGUST 9, 2006
"ScanSafe… has released its latest Global Threat Report* on Web filtering, spyware and viruses. According to an analysis of more than five billion Web requests in July, ScanSafe found that on average, up to one in 600 profile pages on social-networking sites hosted some form of malware… The majority of malware identified by ScanSafe was spyware and adware, and ranged from more benign programs that track usage to difficult-to-remove spyware that can affect a user's Web experience, for example, by redirecting the browser…"
* http://www.scansafe.net/scansafe/news/story?id=129831
"…The ScanSafe Global Threat Report is based on real-time analysis of more than five billion Web requests processed by the company in July…"

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