Windows malware

The May 2008 Email Top Twenty is a short one; this is explained by the well-known fact that virus writers take a break over the summer months.

The statistics produced by the online scanner in May 2008 are nothing short of revolutionary. Virtumonde.gen, which has been the unquestionable leader throughout 2008, has completely disappeared from view.

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At last, there’s been a change in the three malicious programs leading our Online Top Twenty. After two months in first place, the adware program Virtumonde has slipped to second, while the other two programs which kept it company at the top in February and March fell further down the rankings

In April 2008, malicious code in mail traffic underwent significant changes in comparison to the previous month

The Race to Zero is not a questionable affair – no questions about it…it is unethical.

It is more than 20 years since the first PC virus appeared. Since then, the nature of threats has changed significantly

In the meantime, one of my co-workers went on vacation and treated herself to an MP3 player. She got home and plugged her new toy into a USB port in her PC and yes, you guessed – it was infected.

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March 2008 proved to be somewhat atypical in terms of malicious code in mail traffic.

Amazingly, for the second month in a row, not only has the leader of our Top Twenty not changed but the three programs at the top of the ranking have remained the same.

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Over the last week there has been an enormous upsurge in reports of so called “MonaRonaDona” malware.

Interestingly, of the four families of malicious code which are currently causing epidemics, only Diehard and Bagle are present in the rankings. Their two competitors, Zhelatin and Warezov, appear to be taking something of a break.

It’s been some time since we’ve seen an adware program at the top of our online rankings.