Lavasoft Security Bulletin - February 2015: Top Threats
Top 20 Blocked Malware
| Position | Ad-Aware detection | % of all threats | Change in ranking |
| 1 | Trojan.HTML.Ramnit.A | 5.10% | +1.43% |
| 2 | Gen:Variant.Symmi.22722 | 4.32% | new |
| 3 | Trojan.Script.Agent.FA | 2.22% | +0.72% |
| 4 | Trojan.LNK.Gen | 1.92% | +1.25% |
| 5 | Trojan.JS.QVC | 1.49% | +0.91% |
| 6 | Gen:Variant.Graftor.174409 | 1.41% | new |
| 7 | Win32.Ramnit.N | 1.38% | -0.78% |
| 8 | Win32.Virtob.Gen.12 | 1.32% | -0.90% |
| 9 | Win32.Ramnit | 1.25% | -0.91% |
| 10 | Trojan.VBS.UDE | 1.01% | new |
| 11 | Trojan.VBS.UCZ | 0.94% | new |
| 12 | Gen:Variant.Buzy.298 | 0.84% | new |
| 13 | Exploit.D-Encrypted.Gen | 0.70% | new |
| 14 | Trojan.GenericKD.2079542 | 0.70% | new |
| 15 | Win32.Neshta.A | 0.64% | new |
| 16 | Trojan.AgentWDCR.CKM | 0.60% | new |
| 17 | Trojan.Generic.12781468 | 0.57% | new |
| 18 | Trojan.HTML.FakeInst.A | 0.48% | new |
| 19 | Trojan.Downloader.Vb.OC | 0.47% | new |
| 20 | Trojan.Iframe.CEM | 0.45% | new |
The Top 20 malicious programs blocked on PCs
Malware Prevalence Table February 2015
The table below ranks the most prevalent families seen by Malware Lab's analysis systems in February.
| Position | Ad-Aware detection | % of all threats | Change in ranking |
| 1 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mplug.28 | 5.90% | new |
| 2 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mplug.30 | 3.62% | new |
| 3 | Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.29 | 2.55% | new |
| 4 | Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.12 | 2.10% | -2.21% |
| 5 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.122341 | 2.07% | new |
| 6 | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Jaik.5699 | 1.22% | new |
| 7 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CY | 1.19% | +0.14% |
| 8 | Trojan.Generic.12727529 | 1.18% | new |
| 9 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mplug.21 | 1.16% | -2.84% |
| 10 | Adware.BrowseFox.BO | 1.10% | +0.02% |
| 11 | Adware.BrowseFox.AU | 1.03% | -0.26% |
| 12 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.7290 | 0.99% | new |
| 13 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX | 0.95% | new |
| 14 | Adware.BrowseFox.AT | 0.91% | -0.17% |
| 15 | Adware.BrowseFox.BH | 0.90% | new |
| 16 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CO | 0.90% | -0.65% |
| 17 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Multiplug.11 | 0.89% | new |
| 18 | Adware.BrowseFox.BN | 0.82% | new |
| 19 | Gen:Variant.Kazy.530232 | 0.78% | new |
| 20 | Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.31 | 0.74% | new |
New malicious programs entered the Top 20
Top 20 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.
| Position | Ad-Aware detection | % of all threats | Change in ranking |
| 1 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH | 5.15% | +0.71% |
| 2 | Adware.Eorezo.BZ | 2.52% | -2.32% |
| 3 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX | 2.20% | -0.02% |
| 4 | Adware.Linkey.B | 1.46% | -1.86% |
| 5 | Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q | 1.32% | new |
| 6 | Adware.BrowseFox.V | 1.17% | -0.27% |
| 7 | Adware.BrowseFox.BX | 1.15% | new |
| 8 | Adware.BrowseFox.BP | 1.11% | -1.70% |
| 9 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CR | 1.02% | new |
| 10 | Adware.BrowseFox.AU | 0.99% | -0.65% |
| 11 | Adware.BrowseFox.AT | 0.98% | -0.80% |
| 12 | Adware.Smartbar.O | 0.90% | new |
| 13 | Adware.Linkury.N | 0.86% | new |
| 14 | Adware.BrowseFox.BU | 0.80% | new |
| 15 | Adware.Linkury.B | 0.79% | new |
| 16 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ | 0.76% | new |
| 17 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.121779 | 0.76% | new |
| 18 | Adware.JS.Agent.Q | 0.75% | new |
| 19 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CO | 0.73% | new |
| 20 | Adware.Eorezo.CD | 0.70% | new |
Top 20 PUPs detected on user PCs
Operating Systems
Infections by OS
Geographic Location
Infections by country of origin
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