Top 10 Malware of 2010

by Mansoor Ahmed on April 10, 2010

Malware are the major threats for any folk using a Windows based PC. That is why the users are advised to keep themselves updated against these malware, in order to do so users have to use a good anti-virus and update to latest virus definition update. Most of the time people ignore the anti-virus update, as a result their PC is infected with different kinds of malwares.

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Today I have decided to tell you guys about the popular malwares (or malicious software you can say). We all know that the world of malicious software is becoming so organized and well established that hackers are always finding new ways to trick people, Koobface is just another example.

Dr. James Lyne, he is a strategy executive at Sophos, he recently revealed that antivirus firms are now dealing with a new emerged threat, he said that these firms should be one step ahead to protect the users.

Kaspersky has released a malware report to keep track of the latest spreading malware programs. Image below shows the top ten malware programs that are currently online:

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