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Monthly Malware Statistics: October 2008


September's leader, the Agent.cxv rootkit, vanished from the rankings as suddenly as it appeared. It hasn't disappeared completely, but this month's statistics show it hovering around seventieth place, rather than being one of the most common programs.

Trojan-Downloader.WMA.Wimad.n has taken first place. This is a non-standard piece of malicious code –a multimedia file which exploits a vulnerability in Windows Media Player to download other Trojan programs to the victim machine. Monthly Malware Statistics: October 2008





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