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Spyware takes viruses place as the biggest threat

Published October 23rd, 2006 in Computer Protection

You thought viruses were the most dangerous threat on the Internet? Think again. New tests have come out which have proven that spyware has taken the throne for the most dangerous threat on the net. More on this report below.

“ScanSafe has released its latest Global Threat Report on Web filtering, spyware and viruses. Among the report’s key findings, ScanSafe reported that Web viruses decreased 47 percent in September, despite recent high-profile Microsoft vulnerabilities.

The ScanSafe Global Threat Report is based on real-time analysis of more than five billion Web requests and more than 10 million Web threats processed by the company in September and represents the largest analysis of Web security threats based on real-world traffic.

“We were surprised to see such a drop-off in Web viruses during September,” said Eldar Tuvey, CEO and co-founder, ScanSafe. “With all the recent attention on Microsoft vulnerabilities and zero-day exploits, we thought we’d see an increase. Despite the hype, a mass outbreak did not occur in September. In fact, none of the top 10 Web viruses blocked by ScanSafe during the month were exploits of Microsoft vulnerabilities uncovered in September, including the much publicized Vector Markup Language vulnerability,” Tuvey said. “While these vulnerabilities were exploited, the exploits did not occur in high volume.”

On September 20, reports surfaced of a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer specifically targeting a Windows component called vgx.dll. This component is meant to support Vector Markup Language (VML) documents in the Windows operating system. VML is used for high-quality vector graphics on the Web and is used for viewing pages in the Internet Explorer browser.”

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This actually doesn’t come as a suprise to us. While we thought it would have come later in the future, spyware has constantly evolved to more and more threating stages. All the more reason for you to keep your anti-adware and anti-spyware software suits updated.

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