From 1972 onwards, the virus is passed from biology to computer science with a reply that would be able to feel jealous any bacteria epidemic. Every year the number of viruses increases, and this year is no exception. With 24 million new virus or recycled into action, PandaLabs made a ranking of the 2012 virus which ranks them by particular characteristics. There are new and old, of stealing or spying, the lying and they charge you fines.

It was a rock song of the fifties, was the gloomy message Creeper virus spread by the IBM 360 series. 1972 was the year in which for the first time a virus infects a computer, and also the first year in which he invented the first antivirus (Reaper), but still there was the term "virus" in the computer sense, which is newly introduced in 1984. Since then, the virus spread and became part of everyday language and the package of "things to fear" as it makes contact with a computer. As all creation, activity or thought generating fear and worry, the virus became fertile ground for business millionaires, in which are the main drivers Antivirus and protagonists. To expand the business and also the awareness of the need for protection of these companies, PandaLabs has just released its list of every year, which makes a ranking of the virus that hit computers during the year and sorted by relevance based on particular characteristics. Under Select among the 24 million new virus that was this year, these were the Virus of 2012.



Flashback

Apple has its army of enemies too, and not talking about anonymous commenters on the web or the entire Microsoft Hierarchical flat, but a true number of viruses that attack the platform daily. One of the most interesting was Flashback, who managed to enter through a security exploit in Java and autoinstaló hundreds of thousands of computers around the world. Apple Java sent off immediately, but the damage was done. In an update of Lion, the issue was partially resolved, but the servers and computers had to be re installed several times after the passage of this virus alternative.


Flame

From the same family as the tragically known Stuxnet, the virus was active and concentrated their attack power in the Middle East. The purpose of this virus is different from most, but share and mechanical functions. Information theft is their main task, and the countries most affected by it are Iran, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and well, you can imagine the rest and why. Pandalabs get to ask if W32/Flamer.A.worm is software created by some nations to steal information to others, since it is so advanced that it can turn on a computer microphone to record conversations are kept nearby. The tracks are not accusing any specific country, but analyzing who the victims, you can arrive at some conclusion intuitive, although little determinant.


Police virus

Not only broke the routine of what we used to experience at this time of the death of the Internet culture, where even the powerful virus leave us a message sarcastic, rebellious, informative or acid on its actions on our computer, but was effective mass. The malware in question infect users and tell them that their computer was under a blockade of part of the security forces due to downloading illegal material. After generating the concern by showing images of the webcam user, the virus called for pay a fine for internet (Seems legit) and thus to regain control of your computer. The gossips mentioned that the SGAE and the RIAA were behind this virus to strike fear into the music downloads, but that was never proven nor will be.


Blackhole Exploit Kit

Java has been a year to forget, as it has been in the majors for good security offenses and has been the gateway to hundreds of thousands of viruses. For Blackhole Exploit Kit, Java and Adobe (another irresponsible for security), muses were the result of which were created based exploits their holes. Its importance is such now-for ease of use by novice cybercriminals-, that 91% of malware detected by AVG are due to this kit which is spread by spam, or links in obfuscated javascripts contaminated.


Koobface

Also known as Pinocchio, this malware was responsible for keeping us away from the truth throughout the year. No. It is a euphemism for the actions of the mass media, but a virus that was lying all the time with messages and publications for users fall into their traps. Some of the lies that Obama expressed were punched him because someone said something racist, that Justin Bieber had died and that Microsoft sold its shares to Apple. Obviously, this type of "noticiones" attracted the curiosity of thousands, well, you know what happened to the cat.


Zeus

If you are aware of the virus industry, surely you wonder why Zeus is a novelty in 2012, because it takes time with us destroying the security of computers and accessing all kinds of information to steal it with a speed and effectiveness frightening. The reason for inclusion, according to PandaLabs, is that Zeus gained new variants of himself and one of them was the most stressed in attacks, focusing on the mid-range smartphones and high, like Android, BlackBerry and Symbian. Expert banking information, Zeus struck to the heart of communication between banks and users, stealing, reputedly million.


Ainslot.L

The particularity of this virus is its nature of viruses and antivirus while. And this nature lies turn into another foundational nature, that of being the only bot on your computer, the emperor, the one over the other and queen, in solitude. First Ainslot.L is a bot that scans your computer and deletes all known bots are. Then he left to live in your computer and send spam from there or sending confirmations promoting sales for a clothing company called CULT based in England. Strange and effective, but goes unnoticed for 90% of the time until a good updated antivirus what action grip and remove the monopoly.


DarkAngle

DarkAngle, which is a type of DarkAngel, is a fake antivirus which posed as Panda Cloud Antivirus and profited thereby recognizing the antivirus installed on the computers of victims neglected and little retailers. Obviously, this was very interested PandaLabs virus that quickly imitated and worried him out of circulation.


So the ranking has been established for viruses PandaLabs 2012 and the truth is not a bad choice, although we have no access to their huge database. There are 24 million new virus that joined the millions already existing, so if this year has not won any, you have a reason to raise your glass and toast.

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