The growth of malware

Interesting data from Andreas Marx at AV-Test.org. This chart shows the growth of unique samples (by MD5) per year. Year # of unique samples (MD5) 1985 564 1986 910 1987 389 1988 1,738 1989 2,604 1990 9,044 1991 18,384 1992 36,822 1993 12,287 1994 28,613 1995 15,988 1996 36,816 1997 137,716 1998 177,615 1999 98,428 2000 176,329 2001 155,<br /><br />Posted in <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/blogs/http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com">Complete Dose of Linux Poison</a></strong> (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/search/http%3A%2F%2Flinuxpoison.blogspot.com" style="color:#390;"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/images/bubble_h11.gif" alt="View Technorati URL search" style="border:none;"/> 18 links from 17 sites</a>) <br /><br /><img width="1" height="1" src="http://static.technorati.com/y/670546021.gif?anM9MCZyZWY9YXBpfC9zZWFyY2g/cXVlcnk9bWFsd2FyZSZsYW5ndWFnZT1lbiZrZXk9YmYyMjQ5ZjVhOTRmMzY1MmZjNjc0ODBjZWExYjg0MjQmZm9ybWF0PXJzc3wyMHxodHRwOi8vbGludXhwb2lzb24uYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tLzIwMDgvMDEvZ3Jvd3RoLW9mLW1hbHdhcmUuaHRtbCZ2aXNpdG9yaWQ9LSZ1c2VyaWQ9LSZzZXNzaW9uaWQ9MzZiODYwYWY4MDcwMzY1YjI1NDBiOTc0YTQ5NjY4YTQmdXNlcmNsYXNzPTEmYWJjbGFzcz1iJmFic3dpdGNoPTgmbWVtYmVyPS0="/>