McAfee VirusScan Database Now Detects 200,000 Threats

As the number of malware, spywares, viruses and trojans that infect your computer are increasing, so are the definitions in the databases of top antivirus softwares. McAfee VirusScan Database recently added it 200,000 definition.

“It is alarming that we reach this milestone so soon after September 2004 when the count reached 100,000. Eighteen years to reach 100,000. Less than two years to double. Looking ahead, our researchers expect yet another doubling in a similar timeframe. So, 100,000 new threats in the past two years, 200,000 new threats to come in the next two years!”

The latest anti virus definitions for McAfee VirusScan numbered DAT-4800 will reach 200,104 detections.

Today our anti-virus not only detect viruses but all kinds of malware :
* Trojans : 31%
* Bots and Windows 32 viruses : 28%
* Scripts and macro viruses : 12%
* Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) : 3%
* Old DOS, boot-sectors, windows 3 .1 and miscellaneous threats : 26%