Viruses and Virus Hoaxes

It's a sad fact that some people's idea of fun is to destroy information on your computer. Like vandals, they get their kicks by breaking things - in this case your computer. To help keep you up to date with the latest news about viruses we have included a newsfeed from Sophos, a well-known producer of anti-virus software. Sky-Web has no affilation with Sophos, we merely supply this very useful information as a public service. There is usually a 10-12 second delay while the latest news reports are gathered. News is available on : -

the latest alerts - recently discovered viruses, which your current anti-virus software may not yet detect (so upgrade it now!)


the top ten most common viruses, the ones that you definitely must ensure your current anti-virus software can detect virus hoaxes - those annoying email "warnings" that encourage you to pass on worthless information to all your friends, thus filling their email box with lots of identical messages, all equally worthless.

Latest 10 virus alerts

18 Jun Mal/FakeRean-A
18 Jun Mal/Pincav-B
18 Jun Troj/Agent-NRJ
18 Jun Troj/Agent-NRK
18 Jun Troj/Agent-NRL
18 Jun Troj/Hiloti-Gen
18 Jun Troj/Rootkit-IN
18 Jun Hare
18 Jun Troj/DwnLdr-IGU
18 Jun Troj/PDFJs-KT

Source: Sophos Anti-Virus

Top 10 viruses in June 2010
1 Troj/Invo-Zip
2 W32/Netsky
3 Mal/EncPk-EI
4 Troj/Pushdo-Gen
5 Troj/Agent-HFU
6 Mal/Iframe-E
7 Troj/Mdrop-BTV
8 Troj/Mdrop-BUF
9 Troj/Agent-HFZ
10 Troj/Agent-HGT

Source: Sophos Anti-Virus

Top 10 virus hoaxes
1 Hotmail hoax
2 Budweiser frogs screensaver
3 Bonsai kitten
4 Olympic torch
5 MSN is closing down
6 A virtual card for you
7 Meninas da Playboy
8 Bill Gates fortune
9 JDBGMGR
10 Justice for Jamie

Source: Sophos Anti-Virus