January Threats: HTML/ScrInject.B.Gen Tops European and Global Malware Charts

ESET, the leader in proactive protection against cyber-threats, has recorded a significant change in the ESET Live Grid Threat Statistics over the last two months. As in December 2011, the first month of 2012 saw HTML/ScrInject.B.Gen take the lead with a 4.98% infection rate globally. INF/Autorun followed in close second with 4.41% and HTML/Iframe.B with 2.74%. Every month ESET compiles malware statistics based on its Live Grid® - a cloud-based malware collection system utilizing data from users of ESET solutions worldwide.