[pchelpers] News:Trojans dominate top ten virus threats

Dan Raywood
September 09, 2008

Last month, users were more likely to be struck by trojans than any
other kind of virus. 

The main threat was Clicker.CM. an ad-serving trojan. Also prevalent
were three variants of the Wimad trojan downloader, according to a
report from security firm BitDefender. The Wimad trojan takes on the
appearance of a codec downloader.

The Trojan.Qhost.AKR, a piece of malware that tries to disable
anti-virus updates, was the fifth most widely seen, and a Flash exploit
and the Trojan.Swizzor.1 virus were next.

An an ActiveX control exploit called SinaDLoader ActiveX was the eighth
most seen. This one tricks a browser into downloading and installing
malware.

The last two were a virus that spreads via peer-to-peer file sharing and
a downloader for a fake anti-virus package called “XP Antivirus.”

More here:
http://www.scmagazineus.com/Trojans-dominate-top-ten-virus-threats/article/116427/
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