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FYI…
- http://www.techweb.com/article/printableAr…_section=700028
September 01, 2006
"Spammed Trojan horses accounted for more than 7 out of every 10 new threats that users faced in August, a security company said Friday. U.K.-based Sophos' tally of the month's malware** showed that 71.8 percent of the new malicious code was Trojan. The company spotted nearly 2,000 new exploits during August… Rather than spread slowly, as worms often do, Trojans are increasingly blasted out in high-volume, short-lived spam campaigns. "Spam runs of these [Trojans] occur within just a day, or at the most, two," …in an online research note*…"
* http://servicecenter.antivirus.com/malwareblog/diary/
8/31/2006
"…As is oftentimes observed, spam runs of these downloaders occur within just a day, or at the most, two. This would give the spammer enough time to reach a multitude of Inbox, and just enough time before the majority of AV vendors can release signatures to detect the new critter…"
** http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/art…ugust-2006.html
- http://www.techweb.com/article/printableAr…_section=700028
September 01, 2006
"Spammed Trojan horses accounted for more than 7 out of every 10 new threats that users faced in August, a security company said Friday. U.K.-based Sophos' tally of the month's malware** showed that 71.8 percent of the new malicious code was Trojan. The company spotted nearly 2,000 new exploits during August… Rather than spread slowly, as worms often do, Trojans are increasingly blasted out in high-volume, short-lived spam campaigns. "Spam runs of these [Trojans] occur within just a day, or at the most, two," …in an online research note*…"
* http://servicecenter.antivirus.com/malwareblog/diary/
8/31/2006
"…As is oftentimes observed, spam runs of these downloaders occur within just a day, or at the most, two. This would give the spammer enough time to reach a multitude of Inbox, and just enough time before the majority of AV vendors can release signatures to detect the new critter…"
** http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/art…ugust-2006.html