For the month of May, 2010, ESET ThreatSense.Net®, a unique in-the-cloud malware collection system has evaluated Win32/Conficker as the top threat with a global share of 9.12%. ESET ThreatSense.Net® tabulates data based on intercepted malware on the computers of users of ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus security products/suites.
The second highest ranking behind Win32/Conficker belongs to variants of trojan horses, commonly labeled as INF/Autorun with 8.06% global share. Detections of the autorun exploit undersoring this malware as a popular conduit for compromising a PC. This file contains information on programs designed to run automatically when removable media are accessed by a Windows PC user (often in the form of USB flash drives). In Europe, we are witnessing a rise of this type of detection rivaling the traditionally dominant Conficker worm.
Win32/PSW.OnLineGames was evaluated as the third most widespread threat worldwide with a global share of 4.29%. Its share is slightly decreasing in Europe, where it remains the top threat only in Poland.
Win32/Sality, a polymorphic file infector, placed as No.6 in May with relatively high share of 1.36%. Win32/Sality is a family of polymorphic file infectors that target Windows executable files with extensions .SCR or .EXE. They may execute a damaging payload that deletes files with certain extensions and terminates security-related processes and services.
ESET ThreatSense.Net® (May 2010)
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST and AFRICA (EMEA)
Win32/Conficker as the most widespread threat globally is also a top threat in some EMEA countries, even if its share is decreasing. It has significant share in the Ukraine (13.85%) or Russia (11.,31%). It is also No.1 malware in Ireland (15%), United Kingdom (8.04%), the Czech Republic (8.41%), the Netherlands (5.92%), as well as Egypt (11.53%), Finland (7.79%) and Germany (11.81%).
Variants of INF/Autorun were among the most detected infiltrations in Spain (10.85%), Lithuania (9.72%), Slovakia (9.61%), France (7.47%), Saudi Arabia (7.18%), Slovenia (6.70%) and Israel (5.75%). Overall, this type of malware was the second most detected threat with a rising trend in almost all EMEA countries. It has reached a share of more than 7% in Poland, Ukraine, Armenia, Russia and Egypt. Moreover, it placed in the top 5 threats with 2-7% share in the Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, UK, Turkey, Ireland and Germany.
Win32/Agent is a type of threat that is from the regional point of view mostly prevalent in the Nordic countries – Norway 4.75%, Denmark 5.79% and Estonia 5.55%. It is also a top threat in Hungary (6.31%) and Austria (6.34%).
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