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 September 2001, the chart is as follows, with the most
frequently occurring virus at number one:
"Nimda attacks
from every angle. It uses a multi-pronged method to exploit a
number of known weaknesses," said Peter Cooper, UK support manager
at Sophos Anti-Virus. "Despite the high profile warnings, it is
continuing to infect people who have failed to update their virus
protection."
"Ensuring your operating system is fully patched and updated is
as important as up-to-date anti-virus software," continued Cooper.
"Had the affected machines been patched up prior to infection, the
path and magnitude of Nimda would have been very different."
890 new viruses were discovered and protected against by Sophos
Anti-Virus during September 2001.
The total number of viruses Sophos now detects and protects
against is 68111.
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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.
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.