Some of the most prevalent viruses and malware this year are just old baddies finding new victims.
Here’s the current top ten malware reported by BitDefender many of these go by other names if detected by other Anti-virus software.
1. Trojan.Peed.Gen
2. BehavesLike:Trojan.Downloader
3. Win32.Netsky.P@mm
4. Trojan.Peed.A
5. Win32.Nyxem.E@mm
6. Win32.Sality.M
7. Win32.NetSky.D@mm
8. Win32.Virtob.2.Gen
9. Win32.Netsky.AA@mm
10. Trojan.Peed.P
This just goes to show that people are not getting the hint that YOU NEED SOME ANTIVIRUS PROTECTION!
The NETSKY virus was first introduced way back in 2000 and it’s still getting around! Unlike sexually transmitted diseases, there’s really only a handful that are real nasty and even fewer are deadly, but the average computer virus can do loads of damage to your system and/or wallet and you don’t have to be surfing porn to get infected!
My tip of the day is a bit overdue, but I heard today that nefarious malware writers are luring victims to view video footage of the recently murdered Pakistan political leader Benazir Bhutto. When the victim goes to download this footage an activeX control installs baddies into their computer. I ALWAYS assume that this sort of content (along with porn and many other sensational content) is a lure from malware authors.
If you’re still surfing the ‘net without protection then you are bound to get burned! After you download BitDefender antivirus you can read my post on surfing the internet safely.