Kaspersky Lab presents Malware Evolution: January - March 2005

Quarterly report now available

Kaspersky Lab presents its quarterly report on malware evolution by Alexander Gostev, Senior Virus Analyst. The report addresses questions such as why email worms no longer seem to be causing epidemics, the increase in worms targeting instant messenger applications, what effect the release of SP2 for Windows XP has had on security, and why adware and spyware are the latest buzzwords in the field of IT security.

1. IM-Worms


2. Botnets


3. The twilight of email worms


4. Social engineering and phishing


5. No new critical Windows vulnerabilities


6. On-line games: a new arena


7. Adware, spyware and viruses: is there a difference?


8. Mobile malware

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