Windows malware

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Two Top Twenties have been compiled from data provided by the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) throughout December 2008

Greediest malicious program targeting payment systems, stealthiest malicious program, most widespread malicious code which exploits a vulnerability, most malicious program and others.

The term MalWare 2.0 is often used in our reports to denote a model for the complex malicious programs which appeared at the end of 2006. The most striking examples, and the initial members of MalWare 2.0 are the Bagle, Warezov and Zhelatin worms.

Two Top Twenties have been compiled from data provided by the Kaspersky Security Network in November 2008.

Greediest malicious program targeting payment systems, stealthiest malicious program, most malicious program and others.

Careful analysis of the file, which was named ‘q3tsk04us13.exe’ (Lenovo Trust Key Software for WinXP) showed that the file in question did indeed contain a virus named Virus.Win32.Drowor.a.

And now we’ve got a sort of three-in-one, a nasty little program called Trojan.Win32.KillProc.am.

October’s two Top Twenties were compiled from statistics received during the month from the Kaspersky Security Network

Greediest Trojan targeting banks, stealthiest malicious program, most common vulnerability on the Internet, most common Trojan family and others.

Two virus rankings have been compiled as a result of Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) activity in September

Greediest Trojan targeting banks, stealthiest malicious program, most widespread malicious code which exploits a web vulnerability, most common Trojan family and others.

It’s now the turn of the Large Hadron Collider, the biggest particle accelerator on Earth, to unwittingly help malware authors spread their creations.

In its second month of compiling data, the new Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) technology revealed some significant changes amongst the most widespread malicious programs.

This article is the third in a series devoted to the evolution of viruses and anti-virus solutions