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In a 2009 report, MessageLabs Intelligence revealed that an average of 3,618 new Websites per day were identified as harboring malware and other potentially unwanted programs such as spyware and adware. This Symantec Hosted Services - MessageLabs white paper focuses on the emergence of covert information theft as a key tactic of malware propagators. Most importantly, the paper highlights the crucial danger points for any business that doesn't defend itself against viruses which operate in the background.