2005’s most common viruses
p2p news / p2pnet: When the year changes, it’s roundup time.
Here are F-Secure’s statistics for the most common viruses of 2005:
1. Email-Worm.Win32.LovGate.w – 8.9 %
2. Email-Worm.Win32.Netsky.p – 8.8 %
3. Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.x – 8.2 %
4. Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.az – 8.1 %
5. Email-Worm.Win32.Sober.y – 7.4 %
6. Email-Worm.Win32.Netsky.q – 2.9 %
7. Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.bi – 2.6 %
8. Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.bi – 2.6 %
9. E-Mail-Worm.Win32.Netsky.d – 2.4 %
10. Email-Worm.Win32.Doombot.b – 1.7 %





January 3rd, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Funny, I don’t see XCP in that list. It should have been.
January 3rd, 2006 at 3:10 pm
The most common virus or backdoor is Microsoft Windows.