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Over 1,000 macro viruses - Dr. Solomon's

Martin Veitch ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 05 Jun 1997 13:17 BST

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Graham Cluley, senior technical consultant at the UK anti-virus house, said that macro viruses are still growing at a rate of about five per day: "The anti-virus business just goes on and on. There are about five new macro viruses a day, although many of them are mutations of existing viruses. There must be close to 100 variations each of Wazzu and Concept alone. The graph is getting sharper."

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