Lavasoft Security Bulletin - August 2014: Top Threats
Top20 Blocked Malware
| Position | Ad-Aware detection | % of all threats | Change in ranking |
| 1 | Trojan.HTML.Ramnit.A | 31.11% | +1.07% |
| 2 | Win32.Sality.3 | 8.91% | +5.71% |
| 3 | Win32.Ramnit.L | 3.64% | new |
| 4 | Win32.Ramnit.N | 3.37% | -6.66% |
| 5 | Win64.Expiro.Gen.2 | 2.62% | new |
| 6 | Trojan.LNK.Gen | 2.53% | +2.32% |
| 7 | Trojan.Generic.5901215 | 1.90% | new |
| 8 | Win32.Virtob.Gen.12 | 1.80% | +1.07% |
| 9 | Win32.Neshta.A | 1.13% | new |
| 10 | Win32.Expiro.Gen.2 | 1.02% | new |
| 11 | Win32.Expiro.Gen.3 | 0.98% | -2.47% |
| 12 | Trojan.Script.8027 | 0.40% | +0.07% |
| 13 | Cookie.DoubleClick | 0.36% | new |
| 14 | Gen:Variant.Dropper.99 | 0.27% | new |
| 15 | Trojan.Script.Agent.EN | 0.23% | new |
| 16 | Trojan.FakeAlert.CYL | 0.19% | new |
| 17 | Gen:Variant.Hiloti.10 | 0.18% | new |
| 18 | Trojan.Generic.11492465 | 0.18% | new |
| 19 | Win32.Runouce.B@mm | 0.17% | -0.14% |
| 20 | Gen:Variant.Zusy.90992 | 0.16% | new |
The Top 20 malicious programs blocked on PCs
Malware Prevalence Table – August 2014
The table below ranks the most prevalent families seen by Malware Lab's analysis systems in August.
| Position | Ad-Aware detection | % of all threats | Change in ranking |
| 1 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Dropper.105 | 10.47% | new |
| 2 | Win32.Ramnit.L | 6.23% | +4.20% |
| 3 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Dropper.103 | 4.88% | -0.21% |
| 4 | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14 | 2.88% | +1.83% |
| 5 | Application.Bundler.AA | 2.21% | new |
| 6 | Trojan.Generic.11580872 | 2.06% | new |
| 7 | Win32.Expiro.Gen.3 | 1.74% | new |
| 8 | Gen:Variant.Zusy.97960 | 1.51% | new |
| 9 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AJ | 1.45% | -1.00% |
| 10 | Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.M | 1.37% | new |
| 11 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109 | 1.23% | -0.33% |
| 12 | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1 | 1.01% | -2.27% |
| 13 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062 | 0.80% | new |
| 14 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.145817 | 0.80% | new |
| 15 | Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.3 | 0.76% | new |
| 16 | Application.Bundler.AY | 0.71% | new |
| 17 | Application.Bundler.Firseria.A | 0.70% | -0.39% |
| 18 | Adware.BrowseFox.D | 0.63% | new |
| 19 | Gen:Variant.Kazy.421059 | 0.62% | new |
| 20 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.39735 | 0.60% | -1.02% |
New malicious programs entered the Top 20
Top20 Potentially Unwanted Programs
Below are the Top 20 Potentially Unwanted Programs blocked by Ad-Aware on user’s PCs. These include advertising software, browser toolbars, search engines and other programs that change browser start pages and other system settings.
| Position | Ad-Aware detection | % of all threats | Change in ranking |
| 1 | Adware.Linkury.B | 9.89% | -0.76% |
| 2 | Adware.MPlug.Q | 5.88% | new |
| 3 | Adware.Smartbar.O | 4.01% | new |
| 4 | Adware.Agent.OGE | 3.44% | new |
| 5 | Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 | 3.36% | +0.20% |
| 6 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.V | 2.57% | new |
| 7 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ | 2.12% | -0.73% |
| 8 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM | 1.37% | -0.86% |
| 9 | Adware.Agent.OFO | 1.32% | new |
| 10 | Adware.BrowseFox.D | 1.24% | +0.17% |
| 11 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Dropper.105 | 1.18% | new |
| 12 | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.10 | 1.18% | new |
| 13 | Adware.SearchSuite.A | 1.03% | +0.01% |
| 14 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AZ | 1.01% | new |
| 15 | Application.Bundler.Somoto.I | 0.99% | -5.49% |
| 16 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AJ | 0.98% | -0.56% |
| 17 | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.11 | 0.96% | new |
| 18 | Gen:Adware.Plush.1 | 0.94% | +0.10% |
| 19 | Gen:Application.Bundler.DefaultTab.1 | 0.91% | -0.07% |
| 20 | Adware.Sendori.E | 0.89% | -0.22% |
Top20 PUPs detected on user’s PC
Operating Systems
Infections by OS
Geographic Location
Infections by country of origin
Read also:
Lavasoft Security Bulletin - August 2014: Bot Review.
The PUP That Can Detect Anti-Malware Programs.
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