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Bangalore: There seems to be no end to the proliferation of malware online. New records are set and security experts are worried. Just between January and June this year, the number of fake antivirus programs detected grew by 585 percent, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Anti-Phishing Working Group.

During the same period, the number of banking Trojans, designed to steal account information for financial sites, increased 186 percent. The number of phishing Web sites reached 49,084, the second highest number recorded since the record of 55,643 in April, 2007. The number of hijacked brands hit an all-time high of 310 in March and remained at a high level through June.

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