Kaspersky Top Twenty for January 2008
There’s no such thing as New Year in the virus world. And it’s definitely not a time for seeing out the old and bringing in the new. Statistics for January show that the malware and potential malicious programs in circulation are remarkably similar to those in last month’s rankings.
Trojan dialers continue to dominate the top of the online chart for yet another month with Dialer.yz holding on to first place for the second month in a row. Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Small.kj – detected way back in March 2006 – was the surprise entrant in second place. More importantly, the Virut virus epidemic continues unabated. The principal and most widespread variant of the family – Virut.av – is still in the top three. Those keeping it company in December – Virut.q and .p – were replaced in January by a new version – Virut.n. Online Scanner Top Twenty for January 2008