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Security news3 August 2001
Top ten viruses reported to Sophos in July 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 July 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 | New | W32/Sircam-A |
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| 2 | 1 | W32/Magistr-A |
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| 3 | 5 | W32/Hybris-B |
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| 4 | 2 | W32/Badtrans-A |
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| 5 | 4 | W32/Apology-B |
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| 6 | 9= | VBS/Kakworm |
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| 7 | 6 | Troj/Keylog-C |
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| 8 | Re-entry | Joke/HHold |
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| 9= | 7 | W32/Flcss |
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| 9= | Re-entry | W32/Qaz |
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| Others | 11% | ||||
"Sircam, the virus which has hit the headlines by forwarding personal documents to addresses found on the infected user's computer, has affected thousands of businesses this month - even the FBI's NIPC division were hit," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. "The fact that such a high profile virus is continuing to trick users is particularly worrying -
1276 new viruses were discovered and protected against by Sophos
The total number of viruses Sophos now detects and protects against is 66170.
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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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