Lavasoft Security Bulletin - August 2015: Top Threats

Top 20 Blocked Malware

PositionAd-Aware detection% of all threatsChange in ranking
1Trojan.GenericKD.237123215.16%new
2Trojan.GenericKD.238890510.46%new
3Trojan.GenericKD.22426385.16%new
4Win32.Ramnit2.91%-4.97%
5Gen:Variant.Buzy.2982.29%-17.87%
6Win32.Sality.32.28%-1.77%
7Trojan.LNK.Gen1.99%-0.06%
8Trojan.HTML.Ramnit.A1.82%-2.51%
9Gen:Variant.Zusy.1337341.65%new
10Trojan.Agent.BLJD1.20%new
11Win32.Virtob.Gen.121.00%-1.04%
12Gen:Variant.Barys.14460.95%new
13Win32.Worm.Nimda.O0.95%new
14Trojan.Generic.73654430.78%new
15Trojan.GenericKD.25120060.61%+0.21%
16Win32.Runouce.B@mm0.52%new
17Trojan.GenericKD.25436090.51%new
18Gen:Variant.Zusy.1475320.43%new
19Trojan.GenericKD.26272390.42%new
20Win32.Ramnit.N0.42%-7.46%

The Top 20 malicious programs blocked on PCs

Malware Prevalence Table August 2015

The table below ranks the most prevalent families seen by Malware Lab's analysis systems in August.

PositionAd-Aware detection% of all threatsChange in ranking
1Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5224.34%new
2Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.1567716.46%+15.17%
3Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.5667485.39%+4.32%
4Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.514.83%-1.82%
5Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.1973484.20%+3.01%
6Gen:Variant.Adware.MPLug.504.02%+0.02%
7Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.6223473.64%-0.04%
8Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.6181042.76%+0.51%
9Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.2942.43%new
10Gen:Variant.Adware.MPLug.352.32%-0.07%
11Adware.BrowseFox.CV2.26%+1.50%
12Gen:Heur.MSIL.Androm.31.90%+0.73%
13Gen:Variant.Adware.Netfilter.21.89%new
14Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.1886361.59%new
15Gen:Variant.Adware.Mplug.441.55%+0.12%
16Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.381.33%+0.08%
17Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.1905201.23%new
18Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.6186041.10%new
19Gen:Variant.Adware.Mplug.361.09%-0.06%
20Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.71.05%new

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 PCs. These are advertising software, browser toolbars, search engines and other programs which change browser start pages and other system settings.

PositionAd-Aware detection% of all threatsChange in ranking
1Adware.JS.Crossrider.B3.84%-1.10%
2Adware.Agent.PSO3.36%+2.51%
3Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.1273.14%new
4Adware.Goopdate.D2.93%new
5Adware.Eorezo.BZ2.57%-2.49%
6Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH2.26%-0.14%
7Adware.Linkey.B1.84%+0.64%
8Adware.Mplug.LO1.50%new
9Adware.JS.Agent.AM1.41%-0.40%
10Adware.Agent.PJT1.21%new
11Gen:Application.Parj.11.05%+0.01%
12Application.Generic.12654781.03%+0.06%
13Gen:Variant.Application.Jatif.3900.93%-0.46%
14Adware.SwiftBrowse.CR0.87%-0.06%
15Adware.BrowseFox.BH0.83%new
16Adware.Adload.M0.81%-1.06%
17Adware.BrowseFox.AU0.81%new
18Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.6311100.78%new
19Adware.JS.Agent.AN0.75%-0.48%
20Adware.JS.Crossrider.D0.74%new

Top20 PUPs detected on user PCs

Operating Systems

Infections by OS

Geographic Location

Infections by country of origin

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