This is a summary
of Computer Virus Incident Report for the 1st Quarter (January -
March) 2006.
The reported number for
the 1 st Quarter (January to March, 2006) was totaled 13,093
. Following graph indicates the movement of reported
number for respective quarters (for 3 months). The reported
number has been moving at high rate since from the 4 th Quarter
of 2004. However, the ratio for infection from damage indicates
below 1% against the whole: although such virus which mainly exploits
mails has been spreading, it can also seen that certain preventive
measures such as virus check at mailing server, etc. are being
penetrated.
* The %s shown in the
graph are the ratio for actual damage from infection against entire
reported numbers in each quarter.
2. Detection Number
for Virus
Since the variant of W32/Sober
sent out number of virus mails in the 4 th Quarter, 2005, the
detection number for that Quarter was almost doubled. In addition,
the variant was configured to halt its activities in January 2006,
the detection number for the 1 st Quarter, 2006 returned to be
previous level.
3. The Reported
Number Classified by Virus
The W32/Netsky virus for
which has been reported many from 2004 is also slightly decreased
compared with the numbers reported in the past quarters, however,
it still remains high levels compared with the other viruses'.
In addition, the status
in which the virus's spreading still continued. It is, therefore,
crucial to implement fundamental anti-virus measures daily such
as application of modification program , utilization
of anti-virus software and/or being cautious
when handling attachment files , etc. to prevent any
of damages to provide for newer virus or its variants emerge.
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