Trojan trifecta dominates September e-threats
Tue, 13th Oct 2009
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BitDefender’s list of top e-threats detected in the month of September was dominated by Trojans, with five of the top ten malware threats being Trojans.The top three are the Wimad Trojan, the Clicker adware Trojan and a generic detection for Autorun using Trojans. The three account for more than 25% of all infections recorded during September.The list of the top ten are as follows:1. Trojan.Clicker.CM – 10.98%2. Trojan.AutorunINF.Gen – 9.58%3. Trojan.Wimad.Gen.1 –5.52%4. Win32.Worm.Downadup.Gen – 4.68%5. Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen – 4.09%6. Trojan.Exploit.JS.Y – 3.44%7. Win32.Sality.OG – 2.75%8. Trojan.Autorun.AET – 2.27%9. Worm.Autorun.VHG – 1.78%10. Trojan.Skintrim.HTML.A – 1.49%Other malware – 53.41%