GFI Software Announces Top 10 Malware Threats for August
September 3, 2010 – 10:32 am | No Comment

GFI Software Announces Top 10 Malware Threats for August
The top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of August are:
1. Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 25.11%
2. Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.gen 4.23%
3. Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra 3.61%
4. INF.Autorun (v) 3.27%
5. Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0 …

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