Second Quarter Threat Report 2018: Nasty Malware Trend, Growing not Shrinking. The world is facing the daily dilemma of 40,488 adware and potentially unwanted programs, 141,000 exploits, 13,000 cryptomining malware, 16,000 ransomware, and two million generic-type viruses. The largest area of malware growth and development for the second quarter of 2018 is the Trojan Horse, a growth of 4% compared to the same quarter last year. The Master Boot Record virus which was one of the most common malware in the MS-DOS era of thirty years ago is making a big comeback.”]