The data from ESET’s in-the-cloud malware collection system ThreatSense.Net® shows the new trend in the month of April when Win32/Agent entered Top 3 threat ranking with 3.53% share out of all detected malware detected on the ESET users computers. ESET describes this detection of malicious code as generic, as it describes members of a broad malware family capable of stealing user information from infected PCs.
After a long lead, Win32/Conficker (9.47%) and Win32/Sality ranked No.7 with a share of 1.32%. It is a polymorphic file infector that modifies EXE and SCR files and disables services and process related to security solutions.
ESET ThreatSense.Net® (April 2010)
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Win32/Conficker remains the top threat with high shares almost in each country of the region. In April, it had the highest ranking in Ukraine (15.05%), Bulgaria (14.28%), Romania (13.91%), Russia (12.12%), Germany (11.63%), Finland (11.36%), Serbia (9.84%), United Kingdom (9.74%), Italy (9.02%), Czech Republic (6.44%) or Hungary (5.85%).
The rise of the Win32/Agent label is marked in the majority of EMEA countries where it places within the top 3 and is the top-most threat in Denmark (5.91%), Austria (5.87%) and Norway (4.31%).
INF/Autorun is used to describe a variety of malware using the file autorun.inf as a way of compromising a PC. This file contains information on programs meant to run automatically when removable media (often USB flash drives) are accessed by a Windows PC user. The label is the most widespreadmalware in the Republic of South Africa (12.26%), Spain (11.67%), United Arab Emirates (9.36%), France (8.30%), Greece (5.98%), Latvia (5.81%), Slovakia (5.52%) and Israel (5.35%).
There are a few regional exceptions with different malware ranking at No.1 compared to the global ranking. Win32/Injector denoting variants of password and other sensitive information-stealing Trojans is the top-most Internet malware in Estonia (7.13%) and Belgium (4.84%).
In April, Win32/TrojanDownloader.Unruy was the No.1 threat in Slovenia. This UPX-compressed Trojan has even registered a 1% increase from the previous month, with a total of 5.84% of all malware detections in Slovenia.
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