The Web's 10 Most Dangerous Virus Threats
Kaspersky lists the most dangerous threats on the network. Here are the 10 worst right now.
The security company Kaspersky publishes a monthly list of the most common viruses. For the month of May is unusually short list, compared to most of the year, but the fact is that the summer months tend to be quieter in terms of viruses and other threats. Virus makers seems to take a summer vacation and thus make the Internet a little safer place. And that's the reason also why the buying of antispyware, antivirus and registry cleaner softwares falls in this months.
If you look among the viruses that are found in the e-mail is different variants of the Netsky virus, the most common, but overall, it would thus be unusually few virus attacks. Kaspersky however maintains that phishing and spam continue to pose major threats to users and to always be on their guard.
Kaspersky list of the most dangerous internet treats in May:
1. Trojan that targets banks
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.mrj topped the list for the Trojans, which was directed against the banks in May, after attacking customers to 103 banks at the same time.
2. Trojan, which focuses on payment systems
PSW.Win32.Staem top the list for the Trojans, who are attacking payment systems, although it only attacked three payment systems.
3. Trojan, which is aiming to using the debit card
The most malicious program to attack debit card was in May, a new modification of the Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.tq - having been targeted attacks on five payment card at once.
4. The secret programme
The winning modification of Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.bxbu has also been on the march and have done well after being packed with nine compring programs to be hidden.
5. The minimum programme (through size)
Trojan.Bat.KillWin.dg took up to the top among the least harmful programs that have been successful. Despite the small size in just 15 bytes, it can destroy the Windows operating system on the user's hard drive.
6. The largest programme
The largest programme, which ended up in the peak in May is the Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.fgw, with a size of 30MB, but it does not change any record size in this category.
7. The most vicious programme
A new modification of Backdoor.Win32.Agobot.pgj top the list of most malicious software in May, as it strikes down anti-virus software by erasing the security software in the attacked computers.
8. The most vicious email virus
The most vicious email virus who have been most successful are email worm Win32.Netsky.q. It has done 23.12% of all malicious e-mail traffic in May.
9. The most common Trojan family
The Trojan family that emerged as most of May is also an old acquaintance. The entire of 3,301 new variants of Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon family appeared in May.
10. The most common virus / worm family
The most prevalent virus-worm family in May is different from the past two months top. This category is topped by Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.c, with its 276 modifications.
The security company Kaspersky publishes a monthly list of the most common viruses. For the month of May is unusually short list, compared to most of the year, but the fact is that the summer months tend to be quieter in terms of viruses and other threats. Virus makers seems to take a summer vacation and thus make the Internet a little safer place. And that's the reason also why the buying of antispyware, antivirus and registry cleaner softwares falls in this months.
If you look among the viruses that are found in the e-mail is different variants of the Netsky virus, the most common, but overall, it would thus be unusually few virus attacks. Kaspersky however maintains that phishing and spam continue to pose major threats to users and to always be on their guard.
Kaspersky list of the most dangerous internet treats in May:
1. Trojan that targets banks
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.mrj topped the list for the Trojans, which was directed against the banks in May, after attacking customers to 103 banks at the same time.
2. Trojan, which focuses on payment systems
PSW.Win32.Staem top the list for the Trojans, who are attacking payment systems, although it only attacked three payment systems.
3. Trojan, which is aiming to using the debit card
The most malicious program to attack debit card was in May, a new modification of the Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.tq - having been targeted attacks on five payment card at once.
4. The secret programme
The winning modification of Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.bxbu has also been on the march and have done well after being packed with nine compring programs to be hidden.
5. The minimum programme (through size)
Trojan.Bat.KillWin.dg took up to the top among the least harmful programs that have been successful. Despite the small size in just 15 bytes, it can destroy the Windows operating system on the user's hard drive.
6. The largest programme
The largest programme, which ended up in the peak in May is the Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.fgw, with a size of 30MB, but it does not change any record size in this category.
7. The most vicious programme
A new modification of Backdoor.Win32.Agobot.pgj top the list of most malicious software in May, as it strikes down anti-virus software by erasing the security software in the attacked computers.
8. The most vicious email virus
The most vicious email virus who have been most successful are email worm Win32.Netsky.q. It has done 23.12% of all malicious e-mail traffic in May.
9. The most common Trojan family
The Trojan family that emerged as most of May is also an old acquaintance. The entire of 3,301 new variants of Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon family appeared in May.
10. The most common virus / worm family
The most prevalent virus-worm family in May is different from the past two months top. This category is topped by Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.c, with its 276 modifications.
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