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Windows Trojan That Infected Over 3.6 Million PCs Evolves with Worm Behavior
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| One of the top families of malicious code targeting the Windows platform has
| evolved with the addition of worm behavior, Microsoft warns. According to
| data made public via the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, the
| Win32/Vundo Trojan infected over 3.6 million computers in the second half of
| 2008, and occupies the third position in a malware ranking behind Renos and
| Zlob. Vundo is a family of malware with various components that are designed
| to serve victims 'out of context' pop-up advertisements following infection.
| Microsoft warns that the Vundo family of malicious software can also
| be used to download and execute arbitrary files.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Trojan-That-Infected-Over-3-6-Million-PCs-Evolves-with-Worm-Behavior-109970.shtml
One bot-infected PC = 600,000 spam messages a day
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| TRACElabs concluded that Rustock and Xarvester, the latter perhaps linked to
| the down-and-out Srizbi botnet, are the most efficient spam spewers of the
| nine bots. Each is capable of sending up to 25,000 messages per hour, or
| 600,000 per day, and 4.2 million per week.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131984&source=rss_news
Recent:
Conficker likely to cause rise in spam levels
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| Commtouch’s chief technology officer, Amir Levy, warns that new spam
| detection methods beyond traditional content filtering must be employed to
| block the flood of spam that the massive botnet created by the Conficker worm
| is capable of sending.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24474/1231/
Spam overwhelms e-mail messages
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| More than 97% of all e-mails sent over the net are unwanted, according to a
| Microsoft security report.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7988579.stm
Related:
Malware, Spam, and other Net Pests Rev Up
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| The number of malware detections has grown by almost half a million since the
| end of the year, jumping from 500,000 total detections to 900,000.
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| "I have a nasty feeling that the situation is getting worse, not better",
| says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for the security vendor.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147701/malware_spam_and_other_net_pests_rev_up.html
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
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