IE Internet has released Virus Statistics for the month of February 2006. Bagle.D is the top prevalent Virus with 13.39% infections.


IE Internet has released Virus Statistics for the month of February 2006.

Bagle.D is the top prevalent Virus with 13.39% infections.

Ken O’Driscoll, technical director with IE Internet, said: “Bagle.DW looks like the new kid on the block. It spreads via email and peer-to-peer file sharing networks which probably explains the rapid growth. The virus disables traditional desktop-based anti-virus countermeasures so having a multi-tiered anti-virus strategy is advisable.” [Source]

Other Viruses in the Top 5 list were:

Netsky.P with 12.57% infections

Mytob.DY with 11.86% infections

Zafi.D with 11.68% infections and

Zafi.B with 10.16% infections.

IE Internet has also revealed that the rate of spam is 46.95% for February 2006.

The main sources of spam were:

United States with 34.97%

Republic of Korea with 6.61%

China with 6.51%

Australia with 4.77%

Europe with 4.29% and

United Kingdom with 3.06%.

For more information on IE Internet’s monthly Virus and Spam statistics, click here.

 

 

 

 

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