Top 10 Malware Threats reported by GFI Software for February

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According to GFI Application, a trend observed since last summer continued, with lots of of the same types of Trojan horses continuing to dominate the threat landscape. GFI’s statistics revealed that Trojans made up three of the top 10 malware threats in February 2011. Topping the list, Trojans detected as Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT accounted for 22.97 percent of total detections, holding its spot as the number one threat.

GFI Application has announced the top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of February 2011 as detected by scans performed by its anti-malware solution, VIPRE Antivirus, & its antispyware gizmo, CounterSpy.

These Trojans are downloaders associated with rogue security programs known as Fake Antivirus application, sometimes known as “scareware”. One time they are on a use’s process, these programs perform a fake scan of a victim’s computer for malware then display false warnings that the machine is infected in an try to persuade victims to buy fake security application.

Top 10 Detections for February 2011 as reported by GFI Software:

Detection                  Type                    Percent

1. Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT Trojan 22.97%

2. Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.gen Trojan 3.46%

3. Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra Trojan 2.89%

4. Zugo LTD (v) Adware 2.52%

5. Fraudtool.Win32.Securityshield.ek!c (v) Trojan 2.00%

6. Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0 Trojan 1.72%

7. INF.Autorun (v) Trojan 1.66%

8. Worm.Win32.Downad.Gen (v) Worm 1.48%

9. Pinball Corporation (v) Adware 1.19%

10. Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen (v) PDF exploit 0.83%

The top 10 results represent the number of times a specific malware infection was detected in the coursework of GFI’s VIPRE & CounterSpy scans that document back to GFI’s community of opt-in users. These threats are classified as moderate to extreme based on process of installation among other criteria established by GFI Labs.

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