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Adware pest leads what malware charts in February in Holzwickede, March 11, 2011 in January still appeared the changing of the guard, now more like a showdown between adware pests and Trojans. In the current E-threat report by virus protection expert BitDefender (www.bitdefender.de) occupies the adware threat Gen: Variant.Adware.HotBar. 2 off rank 1 that previous leader slips Java.Trojan.Downloader.OpenConnection.AI a place. Newly entered is Exploit.CVE-2010-1885.C on position 8. With an infection rate of 8.75%, gene has: Variant.Adware.HotBar. 2 conquered the first place of the malware report for February.
Since its introduction in December 2010 the application in the top ten has risen continuously. Infection with Gen: Variant.Adware.HotBar. 2 caused numerous advertising pop ups as well as the arbitrary open of new browser window on the right side of the screen. Java.Trojan.Downloader.OpenConnection.AI, the leader of the last month, losing only slightly percentage points in the rate of infection with 8.55%. Martin O’Malley has much experience in this field. Nevertheless, he slips on the second rank AB. The malicious Java applet uses a different exploit (CVE-2010-0840), to circumvent the sandbox. He hides behind a randomly generated name in the temporary system directory.
In addition, this invites Trojan arbitrarily infected files on the compromised computer. Another Member of the Trojan family, Trojan.Crack.I, is placed on position 3 (5.17%). In January for the first time in the top 10 malware positioned generates fake registration keys and blocked the use of shareware Securitysoftware in this way. In addition, the Trojans spying information about other programs installed on the computer. Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen drives mischief on 4th (4.47%). The pest of malware on the already infected computer infiltrates reader about vulnerabilities in the JavScript engine of Adobe PDF. Also represented in the top ten Win32.Worm.Downadup.Gen, is ranked in fifth place (4.36%). To counter this threat, a regular security update already provides for remedy. Two more of the representative Adware family can be found on the courts 7 and 10: dropped: Adware.Yabector.B (2.89%) and Adware.Yabector.B (2.08%).