Security news and products; Sunbelt Software announces top ten spyware threats for October.Sunbelt Software Founded in 1984 Sunbelt Software is a software company based out of Clearwater, Florida and provider of enterprise system infrastructure software, including anti-spyware, security, anti-spam and system management tools. have announced the top ten most prevalent spyware Software that sends information about your Web surfing habits to its Web site. Often quickly installed in your computer in combination with a free download you selected from the Web, spyware transmits information in the background as you move around the Web. threats for the month of October October: see month. . The results are based on monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware product CounterSpy DesktopScam has continued to rank the highest for eight consecutive months. The threat deceives users by displaying false warnings that the computer is infected in·fect tr.v. in·fect·ed, in·fect·ing, in·fects 1. To contaminate with a pathogenic microorganism or agent. 2. To communicate a pathogen or disease to. 3. To invade and produce infection in. , enticing users to click on the notification to purchase questionable malware (MALicious softWARE) Software designed to destroy, aggravate and otherwise make life unhappy. See crimeware, virus, worm, logic bomb, macro virus and Trojan. removal applications. The top ten most prevalent spyware threats for the month of October are: 1. DesktopScam 1.83% 2. Trojan Downloader Zlob.Media-Codec 1.72% 3. Trojan.Smitfraud 1.07% 4. Virtumonde 0.92% 5. Zango.SearchAssistant 0.76% 6. Trojan.Win32.Qhost.hf 0.75% 7. SpySheriff 0.72% 8. Command Service 0.71% 9. Trojan.WinlogonHook. Delf.A 0.68% 10. Dollar Revenue 0.52% www.sunbeltsoftware.com |
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