Symantec’s Top 10 Malicious Threats For February 2004

Symantec, the world leader in Internet Security, releases monthly intelligence reports, which list in order of severity, the most malicious threats in Asia Pacific:

Global Top Ten Threats
Threat Link
1 W32.Mydoom.A@mm Symantec Security Response - W32.Mydoom.A@mm
2 W32.Netsky.B@mm Symantec Security Response - W32.Netsky.B@mm
3 W32.HLLW.Gaobot.gen Symantec Security Response - W32.HLLW.Gaobot.gen
4 W32.Bugbear.B@mm Symantec Security Response - W32.Bugbear.B@mm
5 W32.Dumaru.Y@mm Symantec Security Response - W32.Dumaru.Y@mm
6 W32.Blaster.F.Worm Symantec Security Response - W32.Blaster.Worm
7 VBS.Redlof.A Symantec Security Response - HTML.Redlof.A
8 W32.Welchia.B.Worm Symantec Security Response - W32.Welchia.B.Worm
9 W32.Netsky.C@mm Symantec Security Response - W32.Netsky.C@mm
10 W32.Mydoom.F@mm Symantec Security Response - W32.Mydoom.F@mm

Asia Top Ten Threats
Threat Link
1 VBS.Redlof.A Symantec Security Response - HTML.Redlof.A
2 W32.HLLW.Gaobot.Gen Symantec Security Response - W32.HLLW.Gaobot.gen
3 W32.Mydoom.A@mm Symantec Security Response - W32.Mydoom.A@mm
4 W32.Welchia.B.Worm Symantec Security Response - W32.Welchia.B.Worm
5 W32.Netsky.B@mm Symantec Security Response - W32.Netsky.B@mm
6 W32.Bugbear.B@mm Symantec Security Response - W32.Bugbear.B@mm
7 W32.Blaster.F.Worm Symantec Security Response - W32.Blaster.Worm
8 W32.HLLW.Raleka Symantec Security Response - W32.HLLW.Raleka
9 W32.Welchia.Worm Symantec Security Response - W32.Welchia.Worm
10 W32.Nolor@mm Symantec Security Response - W32.Nolor@mm

Consumers can visit Symantec’s Security Check to find out if there systems still have these threats on their PC’s at: www.symantec.com/securitycheck.

For further information regarding these threats, please visit the Symantec Security Response: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/