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The Virus Bulletin prevalence table

January 2010

Virus Name	Prevalence	Percentage
Adware-misc		11.24 %
FakeAlert/Renos		11.01%
Autorun		10.46 %
Conficker/Downadup		6.87 %
VB		5.35 %

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Background

The Virus Bulletin prevalence table is compiled monthly from virus reports received by Virus Bulletin; both directly, and from other companies who pass on their statistics.

Reports are included only if they are confirmed, and hence, in conjunction with the WildList, the prevalence table provides a useful indication of the relative prevalence of various virus found in the wild at the time.

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