Top twenty viruses reported to kaspersky in december.2004 ended with the Hungarian Zafi twins pushing aside the big three, NetSky. Bagle and Mydoom. which had dominated the ratings all year. Zafi.d, first detected in October October: see month. , leads the final ratings of the year: the worm worm, common name for various unrelated invertebrate animals with soft, often long and slender bodies. Members of the phylum Platyhelminthes, or the flatworms, are the most primitive; they are generally small and flat-bodied and include the free-living planarians (of gained ground steadily throughout November November: see month. and shot to the fore In advance; to the front; to a prominent position; in plain sight; in readiness for use. In existence; alive; not worn out, lost, or spent, as money, etc. - W. Collins. See also: Fore Fore by the end of December. Zafi.b stayed right behind the newer 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. . This earlier variant led the ratings in the summer, dropped back in the fall and regained lost ground in November and December to finish in second place. November leaders Mydoom.ab and Bagle.at are dropping as rapidly as they appeared in the first place, with Bagle.at losing 10 places. The Korean worm Lovgate.w is climbing steadily, reaching fourth place this month. A later variant, Lovgate.ad has stayed in the same position and it's difficult to predict where it will go next year. Unlike other 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. in the ratings, the Lovgate worms have not yet been mass-mailed using spammer technologies. Instead, they seem to be spreading in a classic manner, starting from a limited number of 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. machines and gradually infecting new machines. Sober, i re-appeared unexpectedly despite significant errors in the source code--we had predicted that it would disappear from the ratings, whereas the worm climbed to 10th place. www.kaspersky.com 1.Email-Worm.WSn32.Zafi.cl 17.85% 2.1-Wbnm.Zafi.b 13.42% 3.L-Worm.NetSkv.d 10.85% 4.1-Worm.LovGate.w 9.77% 5.1-Worm.Net8ky.aa 9.50% 6.1-Worm.Mvdoom.ab 4.69% 7.1-Worm.NetSky.b 4.46% 8.1-Worm.Baqle.au 4.19% 9.1-Worm.Bagle.z 3.24% 10.1-Worm.Mydoom.rn 1.84% 11.1-Wbrm.NetSky.y 1.56% 12.1-Worm.Baale.at 1.29% 13.1-Worm.NetSky.t 1.21% 14.1-Worm.NetSky.d 1.14% 15.1-Worm.Mydoom.l 1.07% 16.TrojanDownloader. Win32Agent.bci 0.96% 17.Trojan-Spy.HTML Bankfraud.w 0.94% 18.1-Worm.LovGate.ad 0.87% 19.1-Worm.NetSky.r 0.68% 20.1-Worm.Bagle.gen 0.57% Other malicious programs 9.90% |
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