53% of New Malware were Trojans

In 2006, 53.6% of the new malware samples were Trojans. Spyware accounted for 1.5% of the malware, according to Panda Software.

In 2006, 53.6% of the new malware samples were Trojans. Spyware accounted for 1.5% of the malware, according to Panda Software.

“Trojans are a type of malicious code used to obtain confidential data such as bank account passwords”, according to Panda Software.

Panda Software Data

Panda Software has provided the following data:

– In 2006, 14% of the new malware were Bots

– 13.6% were backdoor Trojans

– Dialers (programs that connect users to the Internet through a premium-rate number) accounted for 6.2% of new malware

– Worms accounted for 5.5% of new malware.

Luis Corrons, Technical Director, PandaLabs, said: “Although large epidemics caused by a single malware sample have almost disappeared, the appearance of new malware never stops.

This false sense of security works in favor of criminals, as they can launch silent attacks more easily. Also, the greater the number of new malware variants in circulation, the greater the risk of a computer becoming affected by any of them”. [source]

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Panda Software is a developer and provider of integrated security solutions to combat viruses, hackers, Trojans, spyware, phishing, spam and other Internet threats .