In the Eye Of the Virus - Virus Top Ten for June from Sophos
June's virus chart is topped by the highly destructive Magistr worm, says security firm Sophos. This worm has been dominating the top ten for the last three months. It seems that the simple message - don't open unsolicited attachments - has not yet hammered home," says Peter Cooper, UK support manager, Sophos Anti-Virus.
"What's more, the highly publicised Homepage virus is also continuing to infect many people. It seems computer users are still ignoring warnings and have neglected to update their anti-virus protection" he says
June also saw the resurgence of the Apology virus which prevents infected users from reaching the websites of many anti-virus vendors, thus preventing them downloading protection. For June 2001, the following is the 'top ten' chart of the most frequently occurring virus compiled by Sophos....
In the Eye Of the Virus
Viruses are not pretty sights, but risks are better seen in the face
2 July 2001 1 pm GMT
1. W32/ Magistr-A 22.2% (Magistr)
2. W32/BadTrans-A 10.9%(BadTrans)
3. VBS/VBSWG-X 9.6% (Homepage)
4. W32/Apology-B 7.4% (Apology variant)
5. W32/Hybris-B 6.3% (Hybris variant)
6. Troj/Keylog-C 4.6% (Keylog variant)
7.W32/Flcss 2.8% (FunLove)
8.W32/Navidad-B 2.6%(Navidad variant)
9.VBS/Kakworm 2.2% (Kakworm)
10.VBS/VBSWG-Z 2.2% (Mawanella)
(Others 29.8%)
