ANTIVIRUS
Rank 1: BitDefender Antivirus (www.bitdefender.com)
Rank 2: Kaspersky Anti-Virus (www.kaspersky.com)
Rank 3: Webroot Antivirus (www.webroot.com)
Rank 4: ESET NOD32 (www.eset.com)
Rank 5: AVG Anti-Virus (www.avg.com)
Rank 6: Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware (www.vipreantivirus.com)
Rank 7: F-Secure Anti-Virus (www.f-secure.com)
Rank 8: Trend Micro (www.trendmicro.com)
Rank 9: McAfee VirusScan (www.mcafee.com)
Rank 10: Norton AntiVirus (www.symantec.com)
VIRUS
1. Storm Worm
Appeared in 2006, called "Storm Worm" because it spreads via email with the headline "230 dead as storm batters Europe". Storm worm is a Trojan horse program. Some versions can make computers become bots. Or commonly used hackers to spam mails through the internet.
2. Leap-A/Oompa- A
Mac had a concept of security through obscurity sure will not have a virus because its OS a closed system. But in 2006, Leap-A virus or so-called Oompa-A appears. Spread via iChat on the Mac. Having a Mac attack, the virus will search for contacts via iChat and send messages to each contact. The message that contains a form of corrupt JPEG files. It is not dangerous, but it is still possible that there will be a dangerous virus that attacks the MAC.
3. Sasser and Netsky
Creator German children aged 17 years, Sven Jaschan. Sasser attacks Microsoft Windows. Sasser does not spread via email, but if one computer connected to the computer that got the virus. This virus makes the computer can not be shutdown without disconnect power. Netsky spreads via email with a 22 Kb file attachment and Windows networks. Can make DoS attacks. Sven Jaschan imprisoned not only given probation 1 year 9 months, because age is still below 18 years.
4. MyDome (Novarg)
Start attacking dated February 1, 2004, this virus makes a backdoor in the OS. The first time it started to date a DDoS. Secondly, on the 12th of February, the virus stopped spreading and began creating backdoors. MyDoom
spreads via email, but it always search on search engines, like Google
began to receive millions of search queries and make slow until it
crashes. Because of MyDoom, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer proposed making the National Response Center Virus.
5. SQL Slammer / Sapphire
Appeared in January 2003, spread quickly via the Internet. At
that time, making Bank of America ATM service crashes, the collapse of
Seattle 911 service, and Continental Airlines canceled some flights
because of an error check in and ticketing. Make a loss of more than $ 1 billion before in-pacthed.
6. NimdaIt
was also the year 2001, the opposite of the word "admin". It
spreads very rapidly, according to TruSecure CTO Peter Tippett, Nimda
only takes 22 minutes to make into the Top Ten at the time. Its target Internet servers, spread over the Internet. Nimda will create a backdoor into the OS. so an attacker can access to the server and do anything. Nimda also a DDoS.
7. Code Red & Code Red II
Appears summer of 2001, attacked the OS Windows 2000 & NT. The virus will create a buffer memory is full so spent. The
most exciting time related at the White House, all computers are going
to automatically get the virus access to a web server in the White House
at the same time, so make overload, aka DDoS attacks. Microsoft finally releases the patch at that time.
8. The KlezAppeared in 2001, spreads via email, replication and then sent to the people in your address book. Make the computer can not operate, turn off the antivirus program can.
9. ILOVEYOU
After the "Melissa", he emerged from the Philippines, its form of worms, a standalone program able to replicate itself. It spreads via email, titled "love letter" from a secret admirer. Its original file LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT. vbs. VBS stands for Visual Basic Scripting. Onel de Guzman is the creator of the Philippines.
10. Melissa
Made in 1999 by David L. Smith, Microsoft Word basics macros. It spreads via email with the document "Here Is that document you asked for, do not show it to anybodey else.". If it is opened, the virus will replicate and automatically sent to the top 50 in the address book email. Smith was jailed 20 months and fined $ 5,000 and barred from accessing the computer without supervision.
