McAfee said total malware production continued to soar and 10 million new pieces of malicious code were catalogued.

McAfee also warned users of Apple's Mac computers, considered relatively safe from virus attacks, that they may also be subjected to malware attacks in the future.

"For a variety of reasons, malware has rarely been a problem for Mac users. But those days might end soon," McAfee said.

"Our latest threat report depicts that malware has been on a steady incline in the first half of 2010," Mike Gallagher, chief technology officer of Global Threat Intelligence for McAfee, said in the report that was obtained by Reuters.

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