DescribesMikkoHypponen, chief research officer at anti-virusfirmF-Secure, "on Tuesday there were 2."5 million, on Wednesday 3.5 million and today [Friday], eight million.
One of the industries brightest and most prominent researchers, Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure, offered a public mea culpa last week for the failure of Anti-Virus vendors to detect and prevent advanced malware such as the recently discovered Flame.