The six first positions of the March top ten are the same as the previous month:
1: Adware/Lop
2: Adware/Gator
3: Application/MyWebSearch
4: Adware/SaveNow
5: Adware/nCase
6: Application/Winantivirus2006
The version of fakecodecs that is most extended currently, that is, Adware/VideoActiveXObject rises from the 8th to the 7th position.
Spyware/Virtumonde rises from 17th to 9th position. This malware is continually displaying banners belonging to rogue antispywares and error-repairing programs. Some versions also send information about the programs that the user has installed in the computer. They also download the toolbar Application/VSToolbar, which is in 38th position.
Adware/NaviPromo rises from 35th to 27th position. It is an adware that promotes dialers and uses rootkit functionalities in order to go unnoticed.
Trj/Torpig.A gains the 37th position. The families belonging to Trj/Torpig and Trj/Sinowal are very similar. We explained the techniques used by Trj/Sinowal in the eCrime Congress. You can take a look at the paper here.
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