Trojans Make Up 80 Percent Of All New Malware

[Jack]

China has the most infected PCs in the world, and 6 million new pieces of malware appeared in Q1 2012, new PandaLabs report says

If it's malware, it's more than likely a Trojan: New data found that four out of five new malware samples are Trojan programs, and there were 6 million new pieces of malware created in the first quarter of this year alone.
Last year, Trojans represented about 73 percent of all malware, according to PandaLabs' Quarterly Report for Q1. Worms were the second-most common form of malware in the first quarter of this year at 9.3 percent, followed by viruses at 6.43 percent, adware (2.89 percent), and other malware 0.6 percent).

Worms were the cause of just 8 percent of all infections, while Trojans have become the more popular tool for attackers, causing 66.3 percent of all infections worldwide, according to the report.

Worldwide, the average number of infected PCs is 35.51 percent, a drop of 3 percent since 2011. China is home to the most infected PCs, with 54.1 percent of its desktops infected, followed by Thailand (47.15 percent) and Turkey (42.75 percent). European nations tend to have the fewest infected machines, with Sweden as the cleanest, with less than 20 percent infected computers. Japan has less than 30 percent of its computers infected.

An attack called the "police virus" this year that uses international law enforcement agency logos in its emails spiked the number of ransomware attacks in the first quarter. If a user falls for the phony threat, they must pay a fine for visiting inappropriate websites or performing illegal downloads to "unlock" their supposedly locked computers.

Read more: http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability-management/167901026/security/attacks-breaches/240000043/trojans-make-up-80-percent-of-all-new-malware.html?cid=nl_DR_weekly_2012-05-10_html&elq=1d337bbe8f684368a6fdbfd9c574765b

 

[Deleted member 178]

ahhhh trojans... i remembered the old time with Subseven and co. It was funny to repeatedly remotely open the CD-drive of my friends computer and then writing i ghostly scary bloody-designed message on the screen, saying "1m De3D and Y0u W1LL D1E...Di3...DiE..." Then they called me in panic, saying than they think they have a vengeful spirit possessing their computer

 

[Valentin N]

Today lies on stealing sensitive information compared to how it was in the beginning where ransome was popular. In a way it's good that trojan dominate otherwise we would be doomed. Just imagine 4 out 5 are ransome, ooo god

 

[Littlebits]

Just beware that Panda counts rogueware and rogue security products as Trojans which would explain why their reports have a higher number of Trojans compared to others. Most of these are distributed by fake alert websites that trick users into downloading and installing the malware.

If you simply don't fall for the fake alerts, then you are safe.

Read the full report- http://press.pandasecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Quarterly-Report-PandaLabs-January-March-2012.pdf

Thanks.