BUCHAREST, Romania -- Web-based e-threats in September dominate the top ten e-threats, according to BitDefender, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions. The list contains no less than three versions of the Wimad trojan downloader, a fake codec downloader usually found on malicious websites. Wimad is spread with the aid of a network of malicious websites, the extent of which make it the most common threat on the Internet these days. The four variants that made the BitDefender top ten e-threats account together for almost 18 percent of the total number of infected files blocked by BitDefender The very common adware Trojan.Clicker.CM can be found in second place this month. It is used to display popups containing advertisements when accessing infected internet sites. To successfully display...
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