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Current Virus Prevalence

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08/29/2008 Agent
Percentage: 38.60 %
08/29/2008 NetSky
Percentage: 20.35 %
08/29/2008 Cutwail/Pandex/Pushdo
Type: Trojan; Percentage: 14.52 %
08/29/2008 Clagger
Type: Trojan; Percentage: 4.43 %
08/29/2008 Rays/Traxg
Type: Worm; Percentage: 4.36 %
08/29/2008 Mydoom
Percentage: 4.19 %
08/29/2008 Mytob
Percentage: 4.02 %
08/29/2008 Bagle
Percentage: 1.57 %
08/29/2008 Buzus
Type: Trojan; Percentage: 1.32 %
08/29/2008 Virut
Percentage: 1.13 %

Viruses Recently Found

by computers using BitDefender security software.

BitDefender collects information about these viruses. If more detailed information is available you can see it by clicking the 'more info' links.


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08/29/2008
Trojan.Vundo.Gen.2
More info may be available at BitDefender
08/29/2008
Win32.Brontok.F@mm
More info may be available at BitDefender
08/29/2008
Trojan.FakeAlert.PP
More info may be available at BitDefender
08/29/2008
Trojan.Clicker.CM
More info may be available at BitDefender
08/29/2008
Trojan.Vundo.FHH
More info may be available at BitDefender
08/29/2008
Packer.Malware.NSAnti.K
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08/29/2008
Trojan.Html.Exploit.MHV
More info may be available at BitDefender
08/29/2008
Win32.Brontok.ML
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08/29/2008
Trojan.Crypt.DJ
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08/29/2008
Adware.NaviPromo.Gen.1
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Latest Virus Descriptions.

Provided by Kaspersky Lab.

Kaspersky Lab usually have more information about these recent virus pests.

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08/08/2008
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Banload.dcd
This Trojan downloads other files via the Internet and launches them for execution on the victim machine without the user’s knowledge or consent. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 113152 bytes in size. It is not packed in any way. This Trojan is written in Visual Basic. Installation Once...

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08/08/2008
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.fpp
This Trojan downloads another program via the Internet and launches it on the victim machine without the user’s knowledge or consent. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 38400 bytes in size. It is written in C++. Installation Once launched, the Trojan copies its body to the Windows system...

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08/08/2008
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Nurech.bz
This Trojan downloads another program via the Internet without the user’s knowledge or consent. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 7293 bytes in size. Installation When launching, the Trojan injects its code into the system process "svchost.exe" and deletes its original file.

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08/04/2008
Backdoor.PHP.C99Shell.w
This Trojan provides a remote malicious user with access to the victim machine. It is a PHP script. It is 229051 bytes in size. Installation This backdoor can be installed on a web server by a remote malicious user by uploading it via FTP, using the administrator's log-in details which have already...

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08/04/2008
HackTool.Perl.IrBot.d
This malicious program is a hacking utility. It is a Perl script. The size of infected files may vary from 12KB to 69KB.

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06/06/2008
Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak
This malicious program encrypts files on the victim machine. It is a Windows PE EXE file 8030, bytes in size.

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05/24/2008
Trojan-Downloader.JS.Multi.ca
This Trojan downloads another program via the Internet and launches it on the victim machine without the user’s knowledge or consent. It is encrypted Java Script within an HTML document. It is 14147 bytes in size.

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05/24/2008
Backdoor.Win32.Agent.ich
This Trojan provides a remote malicious user with access to the victim machine. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 48640 bytes in size. It is packed using UPX. The unpacked file is approximately 360KB in size. Installation The Trojan extracts the following file from its body:...

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05/24/2008
Rootkit.Win32.Agent.pp
This Trojan masks its presence in the system from users and from other programs. It is a Windows PE SYS file. It is 40960 bytes in size. It is not packed in any way. It is written in C. Installation This malicious program will be installed to the victim machine together with other malicious...

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05/24/2008
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dcc
Installation Once launched, the Trojan copies its executable file as shown below: %System%\drivers\runtime.sys In order to ensure that the Trojan is launched each time the system is started, it creates a system service called "Runtime" which launches the Trojan executable file each time Windows is...

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