Central Commands Top 12 Viruses
Posted: 02nd Apr, 2003 By: MarkJ
Unsurprisingly Central Command has now released its own list of the top infections (viruses) for March 2003:
Central Command Releases Its Dirty Dozen - Top 12 - Viruses For March 2003
Central Command, a leading provider of PC anti-virus software and computer security services today released its monthly listing of the top twelve viruses reported for March, 2003. The report, coined the "Dirty Dozen", is based on the number of virus occurrences confirmed through Central Command's Emergency Virus Response Team.
The table below represents the most prevalent viruses for March 2003, number one being the most frequent.
Ranking. Virus Name Percentage
1. Worm/Klez.E (includes G) 21.6%
2. W32/Yaha.E 10.8%
3. Worm/Yaha.M 8.9%
4. Worm/Avril.B 6.4%
5. Worm/Sobig.A 6.3%
6. Worm/Avril.A 5.8%
7. Worm/BugBear 4.6%
8. W32/Funlove 2.3%
9. Worm/Yaha.L 2.0%
10. Worm/Sircam.C 1.7%
11. W32/Nimda 1.4%
12. Worm/Badtrans.B 1.1%
Others 27.1%
"Central Command saw no major changes in this month's Dirty Dozen," said Steven Sundermeier, product manager of Central Command, Inc. "Remarkably, the Internet worms Worm/Klez.E and Worm/Yaha.E have remained number one and two, respectively, for the past five months. This is a clear indication that many users continue to ignore the importance of installing and maintaining up-to-date antivirus software." Worm/Klez.E accounted for 21.6% of all total virus infection reports for March and Worm/Yaha.E totalled 10.8%.
New viruses for the month included; Worm/Ganda and Worm/NiceHello. Worm/Ganda is an Internet worm socially engineered to capitalize on the world's current interest in the events of the Middle East. One of the randomly selected body messages claimed the attachment was a screensaver containing pictures taken by one of the US spy satellites during a mission over Iraq. Worm/NiceHello is an Internet worm that emailed itself to all addresses found within the MSN Messenger contact list. The email contents are written in Spanish.
Central Command Releases Its Dirty Dozen - Top 12 - Viruses For March 2003
Central Command, a leading provider of PC anti-virus software and computer security services today released its monthly listing of the top twelve viruses reported for March, 2003. The report, coined the "Dirty Dozen", is based on the number of virus occurrences confirmed through Central Command's Emergency Virus Response Team.
The table below represents the most prevalent viruses for March 2003, number one being the most frequent.
Ranking. Virus Name Percentage
1. Worm/Klez.E (includes G) 21.6%
2. W32/Yaha.E 10.8%
3. Worm/Yaha.M 8.9%
4. Worm/Avril.B 6.4%
5. Worm/Sobig.A 6.3%
6. Worm/Avril.A 5.8%
7. Worm/BugBear 4.6%
8. W32/Funlove 2.3%
9. Worm/Yaha.L 2.0%
10. Worm/Sircam.C 1.7%
11. W32/Nimda 1.4%
12. Worm/Badtrans.B 1.1%
Others 27.1%
"Central Command saw no major changes in this month's Dirty Dozen," said Steven Sundermeier, product manager of Central Command, Inc. "Remarkably, the Internet worms Worm/Klez.E and Worm/Yaha.E have remained number one and two, respectively, for the past five months. This is a clear indication that many users continue to ignore the importance of installing and maintaining up-to-date antivirus software." Worm/Klez.E accounted for 21.6% of all total virus infection reports for March and Worm/Yaha.E totalled 10.8%.
New viruses for the month included; Worm/Ganda and Worm/NiceHello. Worm/Ganda is an Internet worm socially engineered to capitalize on the world's current interest in the events of the Middle East. One of the randomly selected body messages claimed the attachment was a screensaver containing pictures taken by one of the US spy satellites during a mission over Iraq. Worm/NiceHello is an Internet worm that emailed itself to all addresses found within the MSN Messenger contact list. The email contents are written in Spanish.
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