Virus attacks to "peak next Monday"? Yeah, right

PC Tools has been widely quoted in the press as predicting that next Monday (November 24) will see a peak in virus, spyware and other malware attacks.

How did PC Tools’ boffins come up with this prediction? Well, they reckon that looking at last year’s data they saw more attacks three days before American Thanksgiving holiday than any other day of the year. So, by their reckoning (I refrain from calling it science), Monday 24 November 2008 will be the worst day this year.

This isn’t just drivel, it’s dangerous drivel. The danger is that people will begin to think that they need to take computer security more seriously on one day rather than another. The truth is that you need to be security conscious on every day of the year…

Read more in my article at Naked Security.

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Graham Cluley •   @gcluley

Graham Cluley is an award-winning keynote speaker who has given presentations around the world about cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. A veteran of the computer security industry since the early 1990s, he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows, makes regular media appearances, and is the co-host of the popular "Smashing Security" podcast. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, or drop him an email.