Malware Threat Percentages For 2005

2005 saw the decline of IT viruses, in favor of other threats such as Trojans or worms.

The data shows that in 2005:

Viruses - 1%
Trojans - 42%
Bots - 26%
Backdoor Trojans - 11%
Dialers - 8%
Worms - 6%
Adware/Spyware - 3%

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