Top Five E-Threats – January 2010
Autorun and JavaScript – January’s main vectors of infection
People’s constant need to interact makes them targets for all sorts of malicious software. This month’s top e-threats are to be found mostly on torrents, “warez” and other peer-to-peer platforms.
Trojan.Clicker.CM ranks first in January’s Top, with 8.30 percent of the total amount of infected computers and is mostly found on file sharing websites such as torrent portals, “warez” communities and other services hosting pirated content. The Trojan is in fact a small script forcing advertisements in your browser. While some of the advertisements are related to free online games, others may expose the computer user to hardcore pornography or other types of inappropriate content.
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