--- title: "Trojans at the head of malware created in the third quarter of 2010 - Ventas de Seguridad" description: "The latest news for Latin American integrators, contractors and wholesalers in electronic security." url: "https://www.ventasdeseguridad.com/en/news/latest-news/432-technology/14272-trojans-at-the-head-of-malware-created-in-the-third-quarter-of-2010.html" date: "2026-07-23T17:20:24+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # [ Trojans at the head of malware created in the third quarter of 2010](https://www.ventasdeseguridad.com/en/news/latest-news/432-technology/14272-trojans-at-the-head-of-malware-created-in-the-third-quarter-of-2010.html "Trojans at the head of malware created in the third quarter of 2010") Details 07 October 2010 *International![troyanosalacabezadelmalwarecreadoeneltercertrimestrede2010](http://www.ventasdeseguridad.com/images/stories/VDS/Noticias/troyanosalacabezadelmalwarecreadoeneltercertrimestrede2010.jpg).* In the quarterly report of Panda Labs it was revealed that 55.37% of the malware created during the third quarter of this year were Trojans, mostly aimed at the banking sector, followed by viruses with 23.43% and in third place worms 12.17%.Traditional methods of email infection decreased, but the number of infections increased through social media functionalities, such as clickjacking of the well-known "like" on Facebook, fake websites well positioned in search engines and exploitation of vulnerabilities. The countries with the highest percentage of infections are: Taiwan leading the list, followed by Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Poland and Spain. Regarding spam, 95% of the email that moved on the Internet during the quarter was unsolicited mail, being issued from only 10 countries, such as India, Brazil and Russia. ![Santiago Jaramillo](https://www.ventasdeseguridad.com/images/latinpress/editor-sjaramillo.jpeg) Santiago JaramilloEmail: sjaramillo@latinpressinc.com Editor Comunicador social y periodista con más de 15 años de trayectoria en medios digitales e impresos especializados para América Latina. 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