Dr.Web News_Doctor Web’s February 2019 virus activity review

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Doctor Web’s February 2019 virus activity review

These are excerpts from Dr.Web News article about Dr.Web's February 2019 virus activity which shows a decreased number of threats found in email traffic and a spike of activity among adware, torrent clients and unwanted programs. Read on below.

In February Dr.Web’s statistics showed a 9.73% decrease in the number of unique threats compared to January. Malware activity this month barely topped the numbers of December 2018, but for some threats there are clear dynamics. 

....For example, the activity of the JS.Miner.28 which had been increasing in January, continued to grow and finally outperformed its competitor - JS.Miner.11. At the same time, Trojan.Starter.7394 grew by 14.29% compared to January, when Trojan.DownLoader26.28109 on the other hand, had a three-fold decrease in the number of detected threats. Additionally, the amount of URLs added to Dr.Web’s database of non-recommended and dangerous websites decreased by 1.68%. And the technical support statistics registered a decrease in the number of applications submitted by the ransomware victims.

Threat of the month:

Adware.Softobase.12
Installation adware that spreads outdated software and changes the browser's settings. 

Adware.Ubar.13
A torrent client designed to install unwanted programs on a user's device.

Trojan.Starter.7394
Trojan designed for launching other malicious software on a victim's device. 

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