Yaha-E displaced Klez as the most common viral menace on the Internet over the last month, according to Messagelabs. The managed services firm has blocked Yaha-E 367,158 times so far in July, relegating Klez-H (332,343 interceptions) to second place in its monthly viral charts. Sobig-E (blocked 188,235 times) and BugBear-B (108,206) and Sobig-A (63,076) make up the remaining stop five places in MessageLabs chart, released last night. The company reports that one in 166 emails processed this month contained a virus, about average for this time of year. None of the viruses that make up MessageLabs top ten chart are new. While fewer in number, backdoor-trojans are increasing appearing on MessageLabs’ anti-malware radar screens. Full Story
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