Win32/Stration still remains the most widespread threat expanded by e-mails. Alike Win32/Nuwar worm is updated regularly and mass e-mailed as an attachment. Different downloaders are often distributed the same way, especially Trojan horses on target computers in order to get to sensitive information. ANI Exploit still remains the most misused threat.
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ESET Secures Record 63rd “VB100” Award
ESET, the global leader in proactive threat protection, announces that it has captured its 63rd VB100 award from Virus Bulletin, the widely-respected independent comparative testing group, and leads all antivirus vendors with a record-setting 46 straight VB100 awards. August's Virus Bulletin report focused on the Windows Vista Business Edition SP2 platform; of the 54 products participating, 35 passed and 19 failed. Windows Vista runs on over 20% of systems. (13.08.2010)
Win32/Conficker – Threat Exploiting Windows Vulnerability a Top Threat in July
Win32/Conficker worm is a present-day most widespread computer threat. The multitude of this malware’s variants have reached a global share of 12,47% of all detected threats on computers of millions of users of ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus... (06.08.2010)
ESET Analysis: Worm Win32/Stuxnet Targets Supervisory Systems in the U.S. and Iran
BRATISLAVA - ESET, the global leader in proactive protection against malware has issued a warning against a worm dubbed Win32/Stuxnet, which threatens users around the globe. Exploiting a vulnerability in Windows® Shell, this dangerous threat is detected by ESET as LNK/Autostart.A. It is used in targeted attacks to penetrate SCADA systems, especially in the United States and Iran... (July 19th, 2010)
ESET Update Boosts Engine Scanning Speed
ESET has increased the speed of its scanning engine by 30% on average. With the signature update 5187, many processes have been optimized for even higher performance. (July 12th, 2010)
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