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With well-established standards covering software from design and
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During the first month of this year, Sdbot. Then comes Metafile (1.

- The growing presence of worms
Seven out of ten of the viruses in January's Top Ten are worms, reflecting
the growing trend seen in the previous month 's ranking, in which six out of
the Top Ten were worms, while showing a corresponding decline in the presence
of Trojans.55
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W32/Parite.

January's spyware ranking shows that first place remains unaltered with
respect to the previous month, with New.

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W32/Gaobot. The
remaining examples of spyware in the Top Ten all have frequency percentages of
less than 1%: Smitfraud, Virtumonde, RXToolbar , Altnet, BetterInet,
Media-motor, SafeSurf, MarketScore and Petro-Line.pandasoftware.

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Since 1990, its mission has been to analyze new threats as rapidly as
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percentages of less than 1 percent.worm 1.A.

- The high profile of Metafile
Metafile, which first appeared towards the end of December 2005, was the
second most prevalent threat in January 2006.A spread
used erotic themes and subject lines to trick recipients.35
Spyware/BetterInet 0.com/partners/webmasters.pandasoftware. According to
AV-Test.
For more information: http://www.

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Mid-January, Tearec. Its successful propagation was based largely on the use of social
engineering techniques by its creator .com/activescan and SpyXposer, the free spyware detection
tool, also available online at:
http: //www.

For more information:

Carolina Sanabria
Public Relations Manager
Panda Software, USA
Tel: 818-543-6909
pr@pandasecurity.

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htm.org, PandaLabs is currently the fastest laboratory in the industry in
providing complete updates to users (more info at
http: //www.

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Highlights of the program include the following tutorials, session
topics and panel discussions.ftp 2.90
W32/Tearec.61

The following conclusions can be drawn from the Top Ten ranking of the
threats most frequently detected by Panda ActiveScan in January:

- Sdbot.
This is a script used by certain malware specimens to download, via FTP, the
Sdbot worm.

Spyware % frequency
Spyware/New.pandasoftware.pandasoftware.

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org/rt-d-pr or contact Kevin
Loughry at loughry@omg. GLENDALE, Calif.A and Parite.A. This threat affects the
following Windows platforms: Windows 98, Millennium Edition (ME), 2000, XP and
Server 2003 .A hit computers around the world, and for days, the
most frequently detected malware by the free , online antivirus solution Panda
ActiveScan. The most notable features
of this spyware ranking , with respect to December's classification, are the
appearance of Smitfraud and SafeSurf, replacing Cydoor and Premeter, which
last month, held second and third places respectively.asp).

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com
The workshop is open to anyone interested in real-time or embedded
applications, services, tools and methodologies. CORBA, the Common
Object Request Broker Architecture, is OMG's standard open platform
with hundreds of millions of deployments running today.20

To help as many users as possible scan and disinfect their systems, Panda
Software offers its free, online anti-malware solution, Panda ActiveScan, at:
http://www.

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To register, visit
http://www.AH.worm 0 .ftp,
once again highlights the success of malware creators in exploiting
vulnerabilities in major programs to bolster the impact of their creations.28%) in first place.com/products/spyxposer/com/spyxposer_principal .
Panda Software also offers users Virus Alerts, an e-bulletin in English
and Spanish that gives immediate warning of the emergence of potentially
dangerous malicious code.com

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Co-sponsored by PrismTech
(www. Complete agenda, hotel and registration information is
available at http://www. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.worm 0.B 0.com/virus_info

To access the latest Panda Software press releases, please visit
http://onlinepressroom.

This category contains sites with help articles and tutorials pertaining to the Internet.

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OMG Real-time + Embedded Systems Workshop

NEEDHAM, Mass.com), the workshop
will take place July 11-14, 2005 in Washington, D.99
percent of infections.99
Exploit/Metafile 1. It does this by exploiting several operating system
vulnerabilities such as LSASS or RPC-DCOM.
The impact of Metafile, along with the top-ranking position of Sdbot .29
Spyware/Media-motor 0. To receive Virus Alerts just visit Panda Software's
website (http://www.

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AH (1.gen; Alcan.net (1.22
Spyware /Petro-Line 0.
For more information about these and other malicious code , visit
http://www.

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There
will also be technology exhibits and demonstrations on Tuesday and
Wednesday of the workshop. OMG's Modeling standards, the
basis for the MDA(R), include the Unified Modeling Language(TM)
(UML(R)) and Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM(TM)).99%), Sober.80
Trj/Torpig.76
W32/Alcan.ftp: seven months at the head of the ranking
Since July 2005, Sdbot.ftp has been the threat that has had most impact.26
Spyware/SafeSurf 0.

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Management Group(TM) (OMG(TM)), a software consortium responsible for
establishing distributed computing specifications, today announced the
program for its sixth annual workshop on Distributed Object Computing
for Real-time and Embedded Systems.net 1.23
Spyware/MarketScore 0.com/virus_info/encyclopedia. Several teams, each specialized in a
specific type of malware (viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, phishing, spam,
etc), work 24/7 to provide global coverage.

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Tutorial topics - Real-time CORBA(R), Building and
Implementing Concurrent Specifications , Lightweight CORBA
Component Model, Modeling Real-time + Embedded Systems, Data
Distribution Service

Session topics - Applying Modeling in Real-time and Embedded
Applications, High Assurance Components, COTS Implementations
of the Data Distribution Service, Real-time Java, Real-time
Middleware, Middleware for Specialized Devices, Protocols

Panel - Real-time Java

The OMG invites Real-time and Embedded Systems users and vendors
to attend.ftp was the
malware most frequently detected by Panda ActiveScan, the free online
antivirus solution.net occupies first place in the ranking.

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W32/Sdbot. This is an exploit or code
written to take advantage of a security vulnerability in GDI32.

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baesystems. The program will
include one and a half days of tutorials on relevant technologies and
two and a half days of presentations, panels and discussions.A; Torpig.99
W32/Sober.DLL, used by
programs such as Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.46
Spyware/RXToolbar 0.
Webmasters who would like to include ActiveScan on their websites can get the
HTML code free from http://www .

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Note to editors: MDA, Model Driven Architecture, OMG Logo, UML and
CORBA are registered trademarks, and OMG, Object Management Group,
MOF, MDA Logos, Unified Modeling Language and UML logo are trademarks,
of Object Management Group.

Top Ten Cybercrime Viruses and Spyware Most Frequently Detected by Panda ActiveScan in January

A, in sixth place.
With respect to spyware, New.

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C. Headquartered
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open membership, not-for -profit computer industry specifications
consortium.ftp was responsible for 2.30%), and
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OMG Announces Program for Real -time and Embedded Systems Workshop; Washington D.C. July 11-14 2005

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adtmag . The malware that follows these top threats -- Gaobot.

- Tearec.

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omg.org/rt-pr. In addition to this malicious code, ranked first in
distribution for the seventh month in a row, other visible threats on this
monthly list include Metafile, in second place, and Tearec.30
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Application
Development Trends (www. More information about OMG can be found at www. To achieve this, they also have
the support of TruPrevent(TM) Technologies, which act as a global early-
warning system made up of strategically distributed sensors to neutralize new
threats and send them to PandaLabs for in-depth analysis.

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