The monthly list form McAfee.
Phish Scams: (as written)
Barclays - 41.1 per cent
VolksBank - 19.2 per cent
Natwest - 10.3 per cent
eBay - 9.6 per cent
Bank of America - 8.2 per cent
Fifth Third Bank - 6.9 per cent
Chase - 2.1 per cent
Capital One - 1.4 per cent
Heritage Bank - 0.68 per cent
Others - 0.68 per cent
Name of Threat: JS/Wonka
Type of Threat: Trojan
Threat aimed at: JS/Wonka may be used as a means to load other malicious scripts and exploit trojans. Indications of infection vary
No. of PCs Scanned: 779,602
PC's Infected: 5.4 per cent
Name of Threat: Winfixer
Type of Threat: Program
Threat aimed at: this is not a virus or a trojan. It is detected as a "potentially unwanted program." It purports to be an system repair/maintenance application, but requires paid registration before any issues found can be fixed. Many of the "invalid" items found appear suspect. For example, a cookie from the winfixer.com domain was detected, along with several shortcuts that were pointing to valid existing targets. Although some detected items may be legitimate, the fact that clearly benign items are cited as problems is questionable. The primary function of the free version appears to be to alarm the user into paying for registration, at least partially based on false or erroneous detections.
No. of PCs Scanned: 779,602
PC's Infected: 4.0 per cent
Name of Threat: VBS/Psyme
Type of Threat: Trojan
Threat aimed at: recently, this threat was proactively detected on a major Korean website. The exploit was hidden in an legitimate webpage believed to have been subjected to unauthorised modifications. Similar incidents had been reported before, on other relatively less known websites. This threat causes unpatched Internet Explorer clients to download and execute further malware
No. of PCs Scanned: 779,602
PC's Infected: 3.9 per cent.
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