Top ten viruses reported to sophos in February 2004.Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). and viruses, has revealed the top ten viruses and hoaxes causing problems for businesses around the world. The report, which examines virus and hoax Hoax Balloon Hoax, The news story in 1844, reporting the transatlantic crossing of a balloon with eight passengers. [Am. Lit.: The Balloon Hoax in Poe] Piltdown man missing link turned out to be orangutan. [Br. Hist. reports in the month of February 2004, shows MyDoom-A slip off the top spot, to allow for Sober-C's return to the number one position. The top ten viruses in February 2004 were as follows: 1. W32/Sober-C (Sober variant) 35.3% 2. W32/MyDoom-A (MyDoom worm) 25.3% 3. W32/Netsky-B (Netsky variant) 7.8% NEW ENTRY 4. W32/Bagle-B (Bagle variant) 5.3% NEW ENTRY 5. W32/Dumaru-A (Dumaru worm) 2.6% 6. W32/Mimail-J (Mimail variant) 2.4% 7. W32/Mimail-C (Mimail variant) 1.8% 8. W32/Mimail-Q (Mimail variant) 1.1% 9. W32/Bagle-A (Bagle worm) 1.1% 10. W32/Gibe-F (Gibe variant) 1.0% Others 16.3% Comment: Sober-C, which first topped the chart in December, returned to the top slot again this month ahead of the high profile worms Worms (vôrms), city (1994 pop. 79,155), Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany, on the Rhine River. It is an industrial city and a leading wine trade center. MyDoom-A, Netsky-B and Bagle-B.Sober-C travels via email and peer-to-peer networks (1) A network of computers configured to allow certain files and folders to be shared with everyone or with selected users. Peer-to-peer networks are quite common in small offices that do not use a dedicated file server. and is continuing to spread widely. Protection against this worm has been available for months--those falling victim should consider automating their anti-virus updates in order to beef up their defences." My-Doom-A, which created a possessed zombie A computer that has been covertly taken over in order to perform some nefarious task. It is estimated that millions of PCs around the world have been compromised and, under the control of a third party, routinely transmit messages unbeknownst to the user. army, knocking SCO's website off the internet, took second place and might have hit the top of the chart this month had it not expired on 12th February. Its variant variant /var·i·ant/ (var´e-ant) 1. something that differs in some characteristic from the class to which it belongs. 2. exhibiting such variation. var·i·ant adj. MyDoom-B attempted a similar onslaught on Microsoft's website, however this worm caused few infections and didn't even make Sophos's top ten. www.sophos.com |
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