August Malware: INF/Autorun Tops Stats Globally; HTML/ScrInject. ...

In August, for the fourth month in a row INF/Autorun was the top malware worldwide − with a 4.62% infection rate globally, placing fourth on the malware list in Europe with a 2.99% share. ESET LiveGrid® − a cloud-based malware collection system utilizing data from users of ESET solutions worldwide − has put HTML/ScrInject.B in second spot worldwide with 3.55%, and first in Europe with 4.17%. Win32/Conficker was third globally with 3.06%, while a newcomer to the top ten list, Win32/Qhost, was third in Europe with a 3.23% infection rate and eight globally (1.45%).