September spyware list

This month, there have been no changes in the first positions of the ranking, so the list remains the same as last month’s:

 

1.- Application/MyWebSearch

2.- Adware/Gator

3.- Adware/Lop

4.- Spyware/Virtumonde

5.- Adware/Savenow

6.- Adware/ActiveSearch

 

In the 9th position, we find Adware/SystemDoctor, which goes up from the 13th position. 

It is an adware that promotes the fake error repairing program Application/SystemDoctor2006. 

Adware/NaviPromo goes up from 19th to 15th position.

It is an adware that promotes dialers and uses rootkit techniques in order to go unnoticed. It usually comes with other programs such as MailSkinner, WebMediaplayer or InternetGameBox.

Finally, we highlight Adware/WinAntivirus2007, which goes up from 58th to 25th position. It is an adware that promotes the rogue antispyware program Application/WinAntivirus2007.

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This post was written by Vicente Martinez on October 1, 2007

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Let’s go fishing Barracudas

 

Several months ago we mentioned Barracuda, which is a bot that can be updated with the files we indicate it, launch DDoS attacks and turn the infected computers into proxies.

 

Today, when analysing several malicious sites, I have come across a server that had 84,631 bots, from which 2,072 were connected, and 20,448 proxies, from which 532 were connected.

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This post was written by Vicente Martinez on September 28, 2007

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August spyware list

This month there has been some changes in the first positions with regard to the previous one: Adware/Gator goes up from the third to the second position and, therefore, Adware/Lop loses one position.

 1.- Application/MyWebSearch

2.- Adware/Gator

3.- Adware/Lop

4.- Spyware/Virtumonde

5.- Adware/Savenow

6.- Adware/ActiveSearch

Application/RealSpy, as the previous month, continues gaining ground and goes up from the 13th to the 11th position. It is a commercial keylogger that logs the keystrokes typed by the user, monitors the websites visited, captures screenshots and records conversations of instant messaging programs such as MSN, ICQ, AOL and Yahoo.

Adware/SystemDoctor goes up from 23th to 13th position. It is an adware that promotes the fake error repairing program Application/SystemDoctor2006

Trj/Lineage.BZE continues gaining ground and goes up from the 24th to the 18th position. It is a Trojan that steals passwords from the MORPG Lineage.

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This post was written by Vicente Martinez on September 4, 2007

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