Nearly 3,000 new viruses appeared in September

According to Bkav, in September 2010, 2,876 lines of computer viruses appeared in Vietnam and infected over 5,610,000 times of computers.

On October 7, Bkav Security Company announced that in September 2010, there were 2,876 new strains of computer viruses appearing in Vietnam.

Nearly 3,000 new viruses appeared in September Picture 1

Nearly 3,000 new viruses appeared in September Picture 1 Image for illustrative purposes. (Internet source) These viruses infected over 5,610,000 times of computers. The most contagious virus is W32.AutoRunUSB.Worm, with over 270,000 turns.

Bkav also said that there were 36 websites of agencies and enterprises in Vietnam that were hacked by hackers, including 20 cases caused by domestic hackers, 16 cases by foreign hackers.

In addition, the ' old friend ' - super-polymorphism virus W32.Sality.PE continues to spread strongly with 380,000 infected computers in Vietnam in September, doubling compared to July 2010 (191,000 computers ).

' As long as the user opens the folder containing the Shortcut file, the virus will automatically infect the computer. Combined with the ability to automatically transform, breed to generate generations of F1 and F2 virus generations, making it more difficult to identify and remove class of anti-virus software ', Mr. Vu Ngoc Son, Director Bkav's research department said.

Bkav recommends, users can update to the latest Bkav version at bkav.com.vn to thoroughly eliminate W32.Sality.PE virus. Besides, it is necessary to regularly update patches of the software you are using to avoid the risk of virus infection.