According to a report from Panda Security [pdf], an average of 73,000 new malware samples were created every day during the first quarter of 2011.
The number is with 10,000 samples larger than during the same period of 2010, suggesting that the malware landscape is even more active than one year ago.
An increase of 16% was also registered for the average number of daily strains over the previous quarter.
The antivirus vendor says that around one in three (37%) files received by its malware collection system was a new threat.
Of these, 70% were trojans, which is by far the most widespread type of malware at the moment. Trojans are preferred by cybercriminals because they can serve a variety of purposes.
