Virus slow down?

[Randal, Phil]

The latest Sober variant switched off yesterday - we've only received 4
copies today.

See http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00000772

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK  

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> DAve wrote on 06-01-2006 17:35:
> > Is anyone else noticing a huge drop in viruses? Last night 
> at 10pm EST 
> > my virus captures dropped to an all time low. I generally 
> catch around 
> > 1100 per day, per server, and I have only caught 60 so far today.
> 
> I can see a rise at the end of november. And it dropped down 
> at midnight  monday to tuesday. I have had a rise during the 
> afternoon on tuesday (3 times the amount per minute compared 
> to monday) but after that I haven't seen barely any virusses. 
> An average of 1 virus every two minutes.
> December was top with 20 virusses per minute.
> 
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