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 June 2001, the chart is as follows, with the most frequently
occurring virus at number one:
"June's virus chart is topped by the highly destructive Magistr worm. This worm has
been dominating the top ten for the last three months. It seems
that the simple message - don't open unsolicited attachments - has
not yet hammered home," said Peter Cooper, UK support manager,
Sophos Anti-Virus. "What's more, the highly publicised Homepage worm is also
continuing to infect many people. It seems computer users are still
ignoring warnings and have neglected to update their anti-virus
protection.
June also saw the resurgence of the Apology-B virus which
prevents infected users from reaching the websites of many
anti-virus vendors, thus preventing them downloading protection.
Sophos reminds that users who regularly update their anti-virus
software will be protected from all known viruses.
794 new viruses were discovered and protected against by Sophos
Anti-Virus during June 2001.
The total number of viruses Sophos now detects and protects
against is 64,894
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Graphics of the above Top Ten chart are available here.
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.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.