Lavasoft Security Bulletin - October 2014: Top Threats
Top20 Blocked Malware
| Position | Ad-Aware detection | % of all threats | Change in ranking |
| 1 | Trojan.Peed.Gen | 25.09% | +22.74% |
| 2 | Win32.Parite.B | 13.02% | new |
| 3 | Trojan.IFrame.HG | 4.86% | new |
| 4 | Win32.Sality.3 | 3.16% | -2.17% |
| 5 | MemScan:Trojan.DNSChanger.AF | 2.60% | new |
| 6 | Win32.Neshta.A | 1.23% | new |
| 7 | Win32.Sality.OG | 0.92% | new |
| 8 | Win32.Ramnit.N | 0.91% | +0.65% |
| 9 | Virtool.11567 | 0.87% | new |
| 10 | Trojan.Downloader.Zlob.ABRZ | 0.59% | new |
| 11 | Trojan.Script.5952 | 0.45% | new |
| 12 | Trojan.LNK.Gen | 0.44% | -0.32% |
| 13 | Trojan.HTML.Ramnit.A | 0.42% | -1.01% |
| 14 | Gen:Variant.Dropper.99 | 0.41% | +0.12% |
| 15 | Trojan.Script.615236 | 0.37% | new |
| 16 | Trojan.Script.8027 | 0.36% | +0.01% |
| 17 | Win32.Ramnit.Y | 0.32% | new |
| 18 | Trojan.GenericKD.1867152 | 0.31% | new |
| 19 | Win32.Madangel.DIA | 0.31% | -0.29% |
| 20 | Cookie.DoubleClick | 0.31% | -0.14% |
The Top 20 malicious programs blocked on PCs
Malware Prevalence Table – October 2014
The table below ranks the most prevalent families seen by Malware Lab's analysis systems in October.
| Position | Ad-Aware detection | % of all threats | Change in ranking |
| 1 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Dropper.108 | 8.14% | +4.98% |
| 2 | Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.4 | 5.00% | +3.76% |
| 3 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390 | 4.50% | new |
| 4 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.45859 | 3.68% | new |
| 5 | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.19 | 2.88% | new |
| 6 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852 | 2.70% | +0.72% |
| 7 | Trojan.Downloader.JRBX | 2.54% | new |
| 8 | Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.2 | 2.51% | +1.34% |
| 9 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Netfilter.2 | 2.45% | -0.75% |
| 10 | Gen:Variant.Adware.MultiPlug.1 | 2.03% | -5.70% |
| 11 | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Kazy.132995 | 1.51% | +0.32% |
| 12 | Gen:Variant.Symmi.46589 | 1.07% | new |
| 13 | Application.Bundler.DB | 1.05% | new |
| 14 | Trojan.Krypt.AU | 0.96% | new |
| 15 | Gen:Variant.Symmi.45948 | 0.91% | new |
| 16 | Gen:Heur.IPZ.4 | 0.82% | new |
| 17 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1 | 0.82% | -0.26% |
| 18 | Gen:Variant.Graftor.153648 | 0.82% | -2.94% |
| 19 | Gen:Heur.FKP.1 | 0.78% | new |
| 20 | Gen:Variant.Zusy.105773 | 0.31% | 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’s 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.CC | 7.82% | new |
| 2 | Adware.Linkury.B | 3.97% | -6.42% |
| 3 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH | 2.91% | new |
| 4 | Adware.SearchProtect.O | 2.79% | new |
| 5 | Adware.NetFilter.H | 2.49% | new |
| 6 | Adware.Mplug.AF | 2.37% | -0.32% |
| 7 | Adware.Vitruvian.B | 1.68% | new |
| 8 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852 | 1.60% | new |
| 9 | Adware.BrowseFox.H | 1.52% | new |
| 10 | Application.SearchProtect.R | 1.31% | -0.48% |
| 11 | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CA | 1.30% | new |
| 12 | Adware.NetFilter.E | 1.14% | -3.26% |
| 13 | Adware.Linkury.M | 1.10% | new |
| 14 | Adware.NetFilter.G | 1.07% | new |
| 15 | Adware.LoadShop.C | 1.06% | new |
| 16 | Gen:Variant.Adware.LoadShop.1 | 1.03% | new |
| 17 | Adware.BrowseFox.K | 0.94% | new |
| 18 | Adware.Smartbar.O | 0.92% | -2.36% |
| 19 | Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.12 | 0.90% | new |
| 20 | Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1 | 0.85% | +0.02% |
Top20 PUPs detected on user’s PC
Operating Systems
Infections by OS
Geographic Location
Infections by country of origin
Read also:
Lavasoft Security Bulletin - October 2014: Bot Review.
Potentially Unwanted Program Self-Protection Technologies.
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