04 Jan 2001
Top ten viruses reported to Sophos in December 2000
This is the latest in a series of monthly charts counting down
the ten most frequently occurring viruses as compiled by Sophos, a
world leader in corporate anti-virus protection.
For December 2000, the chart is as follows, with the most
frequently occurring virus at number one:
"Despite warnings, users received some unwelcome Christmas
presents in the form of new viruses such as Hybris-B, Prolin and
Navidad," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at
Sophos Anti-Virus. "Viruses such as these are increasingly using
psychology to tempt users to open attachments and everyone's New
Year resolution should be to do a double-take before they
double-click."
More information
about W32/Apology-B.
Compiled by Sophos's technical support team, the top ten chart
is collated from calls to Sophos's 24 hour, 365 days a year
technical support line.
Graphics of the above Top Ten chart are available here.
About Sophos
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.