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Security news2 July 2001
Top ten viruses reported to Sophos in June 2001
This is the latest in a series of monthly charts counting down the ten most frequently occurring viruses as compiled by Sophos, a world leader in corporate
For June 2001, the chart is as follows, with the most frequently occurring virus at number one:
| Position | Last month |
Malware | Percentage of reports | ||
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| 1 | 2 | W32/Magistr-A |
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| 2 | 4 | W32/Badtrans-A |
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| 3 | 1 | VBS/VBSWG-X |
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| 4 | 5 | W32/Apology-B |
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| 5 | 3 | W32/Hybris-B |
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| 6 | New | Troj/Keylog-C |
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| 7 | 9= | W32/Flcss |
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| 8 | Re-entry | W32/Navidad-B |
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| 9= | 6 | VBS/Kakworm |
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| 9= | 7 | VBS/VBSWG-Z |
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| Others | 29.2% | ||||
"June's virus chart is topped by the highly destructive Magistr worm. 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," said Peter Cooper, UK support manager, Sophos Anti-Virus. "What's more, the highly publicised Homepage worm is also continuing to infect many people. It seems computer users are still ignoring warnings and have neglected to update their
June also saw the resurgence of the Apology-B virus which prevents infected users from reaching the websites of many
794 new viruses were discovered and protected against by Sophos Anti-Virus during June 2001.
The total number of viruses Sophos now detects and protects against is 64,894
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Graphics of the above Top Ten chart are available here.
Compiled by Sophos's technical support team, the top ten chart is collated from calls to Sophos's 24 hour, 365 days a year technical support line.
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