Trojans accounted for 27% of infections detected by Panda Security last month.
"This, combined with the percentage of infections caused by adware - 24.8% - highlights how malicious codes used for financial gain are still the most active," says Panda Security SA CEO Jeremy Matthews.
Worms were the third most frequent malware type in July (with 8.3% of all infections); while Backdoor Trojans (3.7%), diallers (3.3%), spyware (2.9%) and bots (2.3%), were also responsible for a significant number of infections.
"There were also, however, numerous other types of malware whose individual percentages were not significant, but still accounted for 28% of all infections in total," says Matthews. "Classified as 'others' in this ranking, they include viruses, PUPs (potentially unwanted programmes), hacking tools and many others", he adds.
The Downloader.MDW Trojan, designed to download other types of malware, tops the list of most frequently detected specific malicious code. After this comes Brontok.H, while in third place is the Lineage.BZE password-stealing Trojan.
The Downloader.OZB Trojan is in fourth place in the ranking. In fifth place comes Sdbot.ftp, a script used by Sdbot worms to infect computers. Three Trojans, Downloader.PJT, Dropper.UN and Perlovga.A come next in the list of the most frequently detected malicious code.
The last two places in the ranking are occupied by the Puce.E worm and a PUP called SuperFast.
"There are six Trojans in this month's list. And this is largely explained by the popularity that this type of malware has among cyber-crooks, in particular because after the first infection it can drop a lot more malware onto computers and steal confidential information, etc," warns Matthews.
New name
Meanwhile, the month-end also marked a change in name for Panda from Panda Software to Panda Security.
"This change of brand reflects many other major changes taking place in Panda, both technologically and in terms of organisation," says Matthews.
The Investindustrial and Gala Capital investment funds have recently entered Panda's share capital, with the aim of jointly driving an international expansion project and accelerating the development of new technologies, adds Matthews.
At an organisational level, Jorge Dinares has also joined the Panda Group - present in more than 50 countries - as CEO."
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