Conficker back in top three malware chart
The July security threats analysis from Eset claims that the infamous Win32/Conficker - along with INF/Autorun and in32/Sality - headed the top three malware chart for the month. According to the East European IT security vendor, during last month, INF/Autorun was the most popular type of threat in both Europe (5.27%) and globally (6.51%).
Win32/conficker, meanwhile – which the firm says was ranked as the most widespread malware last year – reached a global infection rate of 3.88% (3.12% in Europe) last month. Win32/Sality remained in the third spot for the second month in a row globally (2.03%), whilst in Europe, the third sot went to HTML/IFrame.B.Gen with 3.05% 'market share' rating.
Eset says that INF/Autorun is a malware label that describes a variety of malware exploiting the autorun.inf file as a way to compromise a computer. The file, adds the IT security vendor, contains information on programmes which are meant to run automatically when removable media – often USB flash – and is accessed by a Windows PC user.
