Antivirus Software Maker Lists ‘Dirty Dozen’

CYBERSPACE - Sunday is National Cyber Security Day, a day that the National Cyber Security Alliance has designated to promote and encourage Internet users to be “Stay Safe Online.”

It’s also a day to contemplate all the economic damage suffered as the creators of the NetSky and Bagle viruses continue their trade.

Antivirus software maker Central Command found 30 new variants during March.

Central Command ranked the “Dirty Dozen” as follows (with virus market share in parenthesis):

1. Worm/Netsky.D (35.9 percent)

2. Worm/Netsky.B (16.3 percent)

3. Worm/Netsky.P (11 percent)

4. Worm/Netsky.C (4.8 percent)

5. Worm/MyDoom.F (2.2 percent)

6. Worm/MyDoom.A (1.4 percent)

7. Worm/Bagle.J (1.2 percent)

8. Worm/Netsky.K (1 percent)

9. Worm/Netsky.Q (0.8 percent)

10. Worm/Sober.D (0.7 percent)

11. Worm/Netsky.A (0.7 percent)

12. Worm/MyDoom.G (0.5 percent)

Cumulatively, other viruses accounted for 23.5 percent of the online activity, the Medina, Ohio, company said this week.

“Throughout the month it wasn’t really a question of if we’ll see another release, it was more of a question of when,” Central Command Vice-President Steven Sundermeier said in a press release. "I’m sure some batteries of pagers and beepers will probably need to be replaced.”

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