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The format of the 'Virus Top Twenty' reports from Kaspersky Lab has changed as of July 2008

In the second quarter of 2008, the percentage of spam in mail traffic averaged 82.5%. By comparison, in the first quarter spam accounted for 88% of all emails. A high of 93.9% was recorded on April 9, with a low of 64.2% on May 3.

In December 2006, rumors began to circulate among rootkit researchers (both blackhat and whitehat) that someone had created and released an ‘absolutely undetectable’ rootkit, Rustock.С, which could not be detected on computers where it was active by any of the existing antivirus or anti-rootkit solutions

Summer vacation is in full swing, which means changes in the statistics for malicious programs in mail traffic are relatively small.

The May 2008 Email Top Twenty is a short one; this is explained by the well-known fact that virus writers take a break over the summer months.

The statistics produced by the online scanner in May 2008 are nothing short of revolutionary. Virtumonde.gen, which has been the unquestionable leader throughout 2008, has completely disappeared from view.

Instant messaging applications are viewed as ideal channels for committing various types of online fraud. Knowing about potential threats that spread via IM and how to combat them can help users avoid unpleasant surprises when communicating online

This article discusses zombie networks or botnets: how they are created, who uses them to make money on them and how this is done. Readers who are already familiar with the subject will find the information on the latest trends in botnet development of interest.

Our annual report on malware evolution in 2007, published a few months ago, contained forecasts on how the threat landscape would evolve in 2008