Virus Attacks

There are many types of viruses and other types of threat agents out there. One of the very first signs of any threat comes from zero day attacks.
Once a vulnerability is discovered, technicians start working to create a patch.

These vulnerabilities come in several different forms such as a virus, Trojan virus, or a worm.
Most of the new active threats are of low to medium damage level; mostly doing damage to such things as, modifying files, and causing system instability; or the virus may steal information from the compromised computer. This doesn't mean that at any given time a major threat is not possible.
We want to do our best to safeguard our systems to prevent as many vulnerabilities as possible.

The most vulnerable platforms affected by these viruses are Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows XP

The current most active new threats:
Source: Norton Symantec

Name

Type

Last Updated

Discovered

W32.Xpiro.C	Virus	02/07/2011	02/06/2011
Trojan.Zbot!gen18	Trojan Virus	02/03/2011	02/03/2011
W32.Changeup!gen10	Trojan Virus	02/03/2011	02/02/2011
Backdoor.Tidserv!gen13	Trojan	02/02/2011	02/02/2011
Downloader.Monkif	Trojan	02/01/2011	02/01/2011
W32.Yimfoca!gen4	Worm	02/01/2011	02/01/2011
Downloader.Lofog!gen2	Trojan Virus	01/31/2011	01/31/2011
Trojan.FakeAV!gen47	Trojan	01/28/2011	01/30/2011
Trojan.Cryect	Trojan	01/28/2011	01/28/2011
W32.Ckbface	Worm	01/27/2011	01/27/2011

There are many research centers around the world that can provide you with information and protection against vulnerabilities, security risk and spam. These types of research centers have websites offering valuable information that can help you with the removal of any threatening viruses or malware.

http://home.mcafee.com/virusinfo/

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/upcoming/

http://us.norton.com/security_response/index.jsp?tabid=mostactive