Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report

Symantec this week released its semi-annual Internet Security Threat Report that covers the first half of 2004 and the numbers are not good. Bot networks are up from 2,000 at the beginning of the year to 30,000 as of the end of June and there are some 10,000 malicious programs that could infect a Windows PC. Joining us to discuss the findings is Dean Turner, executive editor of the Internet Security Threat Report for Symantec.

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Symantec this week released its semi-annual Internet Security Threat Report that covers the first half of 2004 and the numbers are not good. Bot networks are up from 2,000 at the beginning of the year to 30,000 as of the end of June and there are some 10,000 malicious programs that could infect a Windows PC. Joining us to discuss the findings is Dean Turner, executive editor of the Internet Security Threat Report for Symantec.

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