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Trojan Programs Continue To Dominate The Digital Pollution Of The Internet At The Start Of 2010

February 9, 2010

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of Internet threat management solutions that protect against all forms of malicious software including viruses, spyware, hackers and spam, has revealed the Trojan variants dominated the IT threat landscape and digital pollution of the Internet in January 2010

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of Internet threat management solutions that protect against all forms of malicious software including viruses, spyware, hackers and spam, has revealed the Trojan variants dominated the IT threat landscape and digital pollution of the Internet in January 2010.

David Emm is a member of the GREAT team at Kaspersky Lab and he explains: "Today, one of the biggest and most popular tools in the arsenal of the cybercriminal is the Trojan, increasingly favoured for its stealth-like properties. These programs account for 91% of all known threats on the Internet."

In addition to the dominance of Trojan programs the Top Twenty reports that the now infamous Kido worm (also known as Conficker) remains prominent, with variants holding the top two positions for consecutive months. Emm warns: "Trojans are often wrongly perceived as being less dangerous than viruses, or worms such as Kido as they are not parasitic and don't spread by themselves - yet their impact can be dangerous and very far-reaching. Not only have they dramatically increased in numbers in recent years, they have also become more sophisticated."

Top Twenty ranking for January 2010 - Malicious programs, adware and potentially unwanted programs that were detected and neutralised 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   276021  
2   0 Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.iq   197376  
3   1 Virus.Win32.Sality.aa   169101  
4   -1 Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.ih   164421  
5   0 Worm.Win32.FlyStudio.cu   109898  
6   21 Trojan-Downloader.JS.Zapchast.m   65476  
7   21 Trojan-Downloader.JS.Small.oj   64767  
8   1 Trojan-Downloader.WMA.GetCodec.s   63266  
9   -1 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.VB.eql   61852  
10   2 Virus.Win32.Virut.ce   51944  
11   -4 not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Boran.z   51868  
12   1 Virus.Win32.Induc.a   44432  
13   New Trojan.Win32.AutoRun.sj   39530  
14   New Packed.Win32.Krap.l   38944  
15   New Trojan.Win32.AutoRun.sl   38742  
16   1 Worm.Win32.Mabezat.b   37365  
17   New Worm.Win32.AutoIt.tc   36162  
18   New Trojan.Win32.AutoRun.ws   36149  
19   -5 Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Flystud.yo   35883  
20   -4 Packed.Win32.Black.a   35462  

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Trojan Programs Continue To Dominate The Digital Pollution Of The Internet At The Start Of 2010

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of Internet threat management solutions that protect against all forms of malicious software including viruses, spyware, hackers and spam, has revealed the Trojan variants dominated the IT threat landscape and digital pollution of the Internet in January 2010
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