Netsky's number one spot shows users still not protecting their machines.SoftScan, Scandinavia's managed email security service, announced today that February's statistics shows that email messages containing viruses account for .6% of total email traffic, with Netsky in top place, and that spam is marginally down from last month's 87.09% to 85.6%, but still high enough to be a serious productivity issue for most companies. The top five virus families in February are:</p> <pre> 1. Netsky 27.79% 2. Phishing Pronounced "fishing," it is a scam to steal valuable information such as credit card and social security numbers, user IDs and passwords. Also known as "brand spoofing," an official-looking e-mail is sent to potential victims pretending to be from their ISP, bank or retail establishment. 23.69% 3. Mytob 17.79% 4. Bagle 14.34% 5. Nyxem 5.99% </pre> <p>Despite being occasionally knocked further back down the order by other malware (MALicious softWARE) Software designed to destroy, aggravate and otherwise make life unhappy. See crimeware, virus, worm, logic bomb, macro virus and Trojan. such as Sober, Netsky consistently accounts for a large proportion of viral email The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. traffic. In the UK alone, SoftScan has identified that there are at least seven times as many unique IP addresses that distribute emails infected with Netsky than Mytob and four times as many than Bagle Comment. Diego d'Ambra, of SoftScan explains, "Netsky doesn't have an expiration date Expiration Date The day on which an options or futures contract is no longer valid and, therefore, ceases to exist. Notes: The expiration date for all listed stock options in the U.S. , nor does it conform to Verb 1. conform to - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" fit, meet coordinate - be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" the tactic of staying under the anti-virus vendors' radar, which has no doubt contributed to its longevity in the top five. However, more worryingly is that its apparent staying power is probably due to unprotected computers. Compared to other viruses the number of Netsky infected machines are remarkably high considering the last outbreak was in 2004. www.softscan.com |
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