5.8 Million Web Pages Infected With Malware

The number of Web sites hosting malicious software, either intentionally or unwittingly, is rising rapidly, according to statistics to be released from Dasient. More than 640,000 Web sites and about 5.8 million pages are infected with malware, according to Dasient, which was founded by former Googlers to offer services to help Web sites stay malware-free and off blacklists.