Almost 28% of computers with installed security
protection scanned at theInfected or Not
websitelast week were infected with some kind
of malicious code.
As for computers with no protection installed, the infection
rate was 40%, said Panda Security, which runs the site.
MyWebSearch
was the malware most frequently detected by the separate
TotalScan system,
Panda Security's online scanner for detecting active and latent
malware.
MyWebSearch is a Pup (Potentially Unwanted Program) that
installs a toolbar that changes results displayed by some search
engines to redirect users to certain vendors' web pages.
There were eight Pups among the top ten malicious pieces of code
detected by TotalScan.
Luis Corrons, technical director at PandaLabs, said, "One of the
reasons for the widespread distribution of this type of malware is
the fact that many users think it is harmless. However, it poses a
threat to their privacy, and some malware is capable of downloading
other types of malicious code, including Trojans, on to infected
systems."
Position Malware type Name
1 Pup MyWebSearch
2 Pup FunWeb
3 Pup KillApp.B
4 Pup HideWindow.S
5 Pup Processor
6 Adware CWS
7 Worm ZLFake.A.drp
8 Adware WhenUSearch
9 Pup RealSpy
10 Pup CloseApp