Security news and products; Sunbelt Software announces top ten spyware threats for December.Stats from the Windows security provider show WinAntiVirusPro for the first time in top ten for most reported malware (MALicious softWARE) Software designed to destroy, aggravate and otherwise make life unhappy. See crimeware, virus, worm, logic bomb, macro virus and Trojan. threats. 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 December 2006. The results are based on monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware product CounterSpy. The WinAntiVirusPro threat appears for the first time in the top ten lists and is a rogue Rogue, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in SW Oreg., in the Cascade Range N of Crater Lake. It flows southwest and west through a fertile valley (noted for its orchard fruits) and then across the Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean at Gold Beach. antispyware program that purports to scan and detect malware or other problems on the computer. The application then attempts to badger users into purchasing the program by presenting the user with intrusive, deceptive de·cep·tive adj. Deceptive or tending to deceive. de·cep  tive·ness n. warnings and/or false, misleading
scan results.
The top ten most prevalent spyware threats for the month of December are: 1. Trojan-Downloader.Zlob. Media-Codec 2.56% 2. SpySheriff 1.11% 3. Trojan.Smitfraud 0.75% 4. Zango.SearchAssistant 0.71% 5. VirusBurst 0.59% 6. Virtumonde 0.57% 7. ClickSpring.PuritySCAN 0.50% 8. Trojan.Win32.Qhost.hf 0.46% 9. WinAntiVirus Pro 0.43% 10. Trojan-Downloader.Gen 0.42% www.sunbelt-software.com |
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