The emergence of Email-Worm.Win32.Hlux was arguably the main event in January. This new mail worm spreads via emails containing malicious links that prompt users to install a fake Flash Player, purportedly to view an e-card. The link leads to a dialog window that asks if the user agrees to download a file. Regardless of the
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Kaspersky Lab announces the publication of its Monthly Malware Statistics for August 2010. Exploits and worms targeting Windows’ vulnerabilities hit both the ranking of malware most often detected on users’ computers, and the ranking of web threats. August saw a dramatic growth in malware targeting the CVE-2010-2568 vulnerability. It was first used by Worm.Win32.Stuxnet, a
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Kaspersky Lab announces the publication of its Monthly Malware Statistics for September 2010. The onset of autumn brought with it advances in the Sality virus and an increase in the number of adware programs on the web. According to Kaspersky Lab statistics, a new variant of the notorious polymorphic Sality virus, dubbed ‘bh’, was found
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August saw a dramatic growth in malware targeting the Windows CVE-2010-2568 vulnerability according to Kaspersky Lab, who has just announced the publication of its Monthly Malware Statistics for August 2010. The vulnerability was first targeted by Worm.Win32.Stuxnet, a network worm which gained notoriety back in late July, and then again by Virus.Win32.Sality.ag, the Trojan-Dropper program
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Kaspersky Lab announces the publication of its Monthly Malware Statistics for August 2010. Exploits and worms targeting Windows’ vulnerabilities hit both the ranking of malware most often detected on users’ computers, and the ranking of web threats. August saw a dramatic growth in malware targeting the CVE-2010-2568 vulnerability. It was first used by Worm.Win32.Stuxnet, a
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Malicious programs detected on users’ computers The first Top Twenty lists malicious programs, adware and potentially unwanted programs that were detected and neutralized when accessed for the first time, i.e. by the on-access scanner. Position Change in position Name Number of infected computers 1 0 Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.ir 332833 2 0 Virus.Win32.Sality.aa
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