Spam down, Malware up so far this year

McAfee released information for the first quarter of 2011 indicating that while spam is down significantly, malware is up.  Over 6 million samples of malware have been documented since the beginning of the year, with February being the high month with over 2.75 million.  Over 350,000 samples of fake Anti-virus programs were discovered in March alone.  Another disturbing trend is that Malware on Android phones has skyrocketed.  For the full story check out the McAfee Press Release.