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Not surprisingly, at the top of the list is a family of programs that exploit Microsoft's longest un-patched vulnerability. That's right, Autorun.inf, is an evil "feature" that should have been patched out of existence a long time ago. Since it is so effective for malware there are lots of threats that exploit it.
In the number two position we find a family of threats that steal passwords for online games. This is also pretty logical. There is a lot of money in the sale of "virtual" items and characters for real money.
In third place is the new kid on the block... the Conficker worm, which you can read about in detail above.
If you decrease the number of security holes you have then your goalie, security software, takes less shots on goal. That is a basic defensive strategy. Prevention is always better than cure, and Conficker highlights that much more work is required in the prevention department. |
