Security vendor PC Tools has <A HREF="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/16/Malware-threat-lists-slammed-as-useless_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/16/Malware-threat-lists-slammed-as-useless_1.html">questioned the usefulness of the threat lists</A> used by many security companies to warn of current malware attacks.

The problem, according to the Australian company, is that the lists--which are now regularly issued by almost every security software company--measure volumes rather than the underlying danger of a particular type of malware.