G Data Software AG - G Data: book administration casework acutely attenuated with viruses

Store this angel in big sizeThe amount of adulterated files in torrent networks has risen considerably

Bochum (Germany), September 4th, 2009 – G Data is admonishing of a accepted apparent access in adulterated files in peer-to-peer (P2P) book administration services. Since the alpha of the week, the allotment of adulterated files has about tripled. According to analyses agitated out by G Data Security Labs, a lot of malware is circulating in software warez, maps for aeronautics devices, ringer tones, videos, and music recordings. With a allotment of added than 90 percent, Torrentreactor.net acutely exceeds Torrent.to and The Pirate Bay if it comes to malware infections.

Torrents accept durably accustomed themselves as the breed to classical book administration casework aural the online community. The advantages are obvious: Thanks to broadcast and decentralized abstracts transfer, even ample abstracts quantities can be broadcast bound above the globe. Moreover, the best of offered acknowledged software is enormous, as is that of warez. The amount of circadian users have to appropriately be actual high, absolutely in the ambit of several million. Accordingly, it is adorable for abyss to use torrents to deliver awful cipher and action analogously able malware files.

Based on the malware statistics that G Data collects as allotment of its malware advice initiative, the website www.torrentreactor.net is decidedly aces of acknowledgment as a antecedent of malware. In the endure three canicule alone, added than 2,400 occurrences area G Data has prevented infection of domains by malware from torrents accept been appear to G Data Security Lab. By comparison, there were 9,400 appear malware files a allotment of book administration casework in the absolute above-mentioned month. Should this trend continue, a acceleration can be advancing for the accepted ages via this infection aisle alone.

Ralf Benzmüller, administrator of G Data Security Labs, warns, "Against the accomplishments of the accepted figures, we can alone acquaint all Internet users adjoin application peer-to-peer and torrent downloads. Aside from any accessible absorb problems associated with the downloading of warez, there is an added accident that the downloads are adulterated with malware.

The afterward domains already stood out in August as decidedly accustomed malware distributors:

Torrent nameNumber of registered domains
Torrent.to: 4076
Torrentreactor.net:3456
ThePiratebay.org:389
Bit-torrents.6x.to:265

Information about torrent networks
Torrents are distributed, decentralized peer-to-peer networks, via which ample quantities of abstracts can be bound distributed. Files are beatific in abstracted administration networks, alleged swarms. Precisely area the adapted files are accessible is declared in ".torrent files." For localization, platforms such as torrent.to, torrentreactor.net, and thepiratebay.org action their users contemporary seek functions and keyword searches for ".torrent files." Torrents are discredited just like P2P book administration casework because they are aswell abolished for the administration of warez. Consequently, acknowledged use, e.g., by freeware publishers or Linux distributors, is apparent in a bad light.

About G Data
G Data Software AG, with its arch appointment in Bochum, is an avant-garde and bound accretion software abode absorption on IT aegis solutions. As a specialist in Internet aegis and avant-garde in the acreage of virus protection, the company, founded in Bochum in 1985, developed the aboriginal antivirus affairs added than 20 years ago.

Over the endure 5 years, no added European aegis software provider has won added civic and all-embracing tests and awards than G Data. When it comes to quality, G Data is a apple leader, accumulation the world's best aegis technologies in its products. Examples of this are its DoubleScan technology with two absolute virus scanners and the OutbreakShield burning protection.

G Data aegis solutions are accessible common in added than 40 countries.

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