Top 100 parasites of 2005


The following list is made by the 2-Spyware.com research team. The overall infection rate, spreading speed, payload, relations with other parasites, stability and stealth – these are only a few factors from the large list that we took into consideration rating last year’s parasites. However, we do not pretend to be absolutely correct – rating spyware is very difficult, because the most recent pests combine virus payload with spyware and adware functionality. Nevertheless, we made our best putting the following Top 100 all together and making is trustworthy enough. We hope that you will find this information useful.

1. CoolWebSearch
2. SpyAxe
3. SpySheriff
4. Vundo and Vundo.b
5. NewDotNet

6. Look2Me and Look2Me Adware
7. SaveNow
8. ISTbar
9. Smitfraud
10. EliteBar

The full list is here.







One Response to “Top 100 parasites of 2005”

  1. Sherea Says:
    April 9th, 2006 at 6:44 am

    My niece and nephew have managed to get the “trojan vundo” virus on their computer. What’s the best way to get rid of this nuisance?

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