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Panda’s Most Wanted
John Stith
Staff Writer
2005-12-29
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Panda software released their top ten most wanted viruses and spyware on Thursday. The list covers what was most frequently picked up by the ActiveScan system.
In first place for the top malware ranking is Sdbot.ftp, which has held this ranking for the last six months. This generic detection of the variants of the Sdbot worm, downloaded via FTP, was responsible for 3.7 percent of infections. In second place comes the tenacious veteran Netsky.P. Since this worm first appeared in 2004, it has stubbornly refused to leave the monthly list of most frequently detected viruses. Ironically, this worm exploits a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which was detected and resolved some years ago.
Third place is held by QHost.gen, a Trojan that prevents access to several web pages that are mainly related to IT security. Then comes Gaobot.gen, a generic detection for worms from the Gaobot family that exploit several software vulnerabilities.
The Trojans -- Citifraud.A, designed to defraud users through a phishing attack, and Zapchast.D -- hold the fifth and sixth places in the ranking. Then come three more veterans: Parite.B, Netsky.D and Sasser.ftp -- the latter being a generic detection for the script created by worms from this extensive family in order to download themselves via FTP. Finally, the Trojan, Psyme.C, completes the list.
Panda pointed out there are clear problems in cyber security. Perhaps the most troubling is the persistence of poorly protected computers. They mentioned the continued presence of veteran malicious code like Parite.B and Sasser or even Netsky.P. Most of these have been resolved for some time but continue to plague computers because people fail to update or maintain proper secure operations and users fail to update things like Microsoft patches and updates.
It shows people need to take a more active role in the protection of the computers because in many cases, while the fixes and cure are out there, people must make the effort to go get them.
About the Author:
John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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