Top Spyware and Adware in May 2011
1. Adware:Win32/OpenCandy
Encyclopedia entry = Updated: Apr 17, 2011 | Published: Feb 14, 2011
Aliases = Not available
Alert Level = Low
2. Adware:Win32/ClickPotato
Encyclopedia entry = Updated: May 02, 2011 | Published: Aug 23, 2010
Aliases :
-ADSPY/AdSpy.Gen2 (Avira) AdWare.AdSpy (Ikarus)
- Pinball (Sunbelt Software)
Alert Level = Moderate
3. Adware:Win32/ShopperReports
Encyclopedia entry = Updated: Apr 17, 2011 | Published: Feb 16, 2008
Aliases =
- Win32/Adware.Toolbar.Shopper (ESET) AdWare.Win32.Shopper.k (Kaspersky)
- SmartShopper (McAfee)
- Adware.Hotbar (Symantec), Adware_Hotbar (Trend Micro)
- Adware:Win32/Hotbar.Shoppingreports (other)
- Adware:Win32/ZangoShoppingreports(other)
Alert Level = Moderate
4. BrowserModifier:Win32/Zwangi
Encyclopedia entry = Updated: May 05, 2011 | Published: Sep 16, 2009
Aliases
- Mal/BHO-S (Sophos) Spyware.Screenspy (Symantec)
Alert Level = Moderate
5. Adware:Win32/Hotbar
Encyclopedia entry Updated: May 06, 2011 | Published: Jun 21, 2006
Aliases = Not available
Alert Level = Moderate
6. Rogue:Win32/Winwebsec
Encyclopedia entry = Updated: May 19, 2011 | Published: Aug 17, 2010
Aliases
- Adware/AntiSpywarePro2009 (Panda) Adware/UltimateCleaner (Panda)
- Adware/Xpantivirus2008 (Panda)
- AntiSpyware Pro 2009 (other)
- AntiVirus2008 (Symantec)
- FakeAlert-AntiSpywarePro (McAfee)
- FakeAlert-WinwebSecurity.gen (McAfee)
- Mal/FakeAV-AK (Sophos)
- MS Removal Tool (other)
- Security Tool (other)
- SecurityRisk.Downldr (Symantec)
- System Security (other)
- Security Shield (other)
- SecurityShieldFraud (Symantec)
- SystemSecurity2009 (other)
- Total Security (other)
- Troj/FakeVir-LB (Sophos)
- Trojan:Win32/Winwebsec (other)
- TrojanDropper:Win32/Winwebsec (other)
- W32/AntiVirus2008.AYO (Norman)
- Win32/Adware.SystemSecurity (ESET)
- Win32/Adware.WinWebSecurity (ESET)
- Winweb Security (other)
- Essential Cleaner (other)
Alert Level = Severe
7. Rogue:Win32/FakeSpypro
Encyclopedia entry = Updated: Apr 17, 2011 | Published: Aug 17, 2010
Aliases =
- FakeAlert-C.dr (McAfee) SpywareProtect2009 (Symantec)
- Troj/FakeAV-LS (Sophos)
- Win32/Adware.SpywareProtect2009 (ESET)
- Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.kho (Kaspersky)
- Spyware Protect 2009 (other)
- Antivirus System Pro (other)
- Barracuda Antivirus (other)
- Security Central (other)
- Antivirus Soft (other)
- Antivirus Suite (other)
- Antivirus Live (other)
- Antispyware Soft (other)
- AV Security Suite (other)
- Antivir Solution Pro (other)
- Trojan:Win32/FakeSpypro (Microsoft)
- Antivirus Action (other)
- Antimalware Go (other)
- AntiVira Av (other)
- Antivirus .NET (other)
- Antivirus Scan (other)
Alert Level = Severe
8. Adware:Win32/GameVance
Encyclopedia entry = Updated: Apr 17, 2011 | Published: Oct 23, 2008
Aliases = - GameVance (McAfee) ADW_GAMEVANCE (Trend Micro)
Alert Level = Moderate
9. Backdoor:Win32/Cycbot.B
Encyclopedia entry = Updated: Apr 17, 2011 | Published: Oct 13, 2010
Aliases
- TROJ_FAKELRT.SMC (Trend Micro)
Alert Level = Severe
10. BrowserModifier:Win32/BaiduSobar
Encyclopedia entry = Updated: Apr 17, 2011 | Published: Jun 19, 2007
Aliases =
- Adware-BDSearch (McAfee) W32/BaiduBar.A (Norman)
- ADW_BAIDUBAR (Trend Micro)
Alert Level = High