Andreas Marx at AV-Test has shared some more information which highlights the significance of the malware problem.
The numbers are staggering ā AV-Test processed an average of 54k samples per day in 2010, up from an average of 33k in 2009 ā and up from 426 samples per day just a decade ago.
Stats below, source data here (xls), all courtesy of AV-Test.
Alex Eckelberry