Most Powerful Viruses of 2012


2 Trojan

This is one of the most widely spread trojans in 2012. Among top virus detections of 2012, this virus covered 35.1 percent.

Name: trojan.Win32.Generic

What It Does: This virus basically works like a destructive program.  It gives access to a remote hacker by sing the software vulnerabilities. Once your system is affected, the virus works via a backdoor and carries out multiple tasks. Basically, the Trojan has the capability to make the computer completely useless by modifying system configuration data and other Windows registries.

This virus is more threatening than INF.Autorun, which has infected a lot of devices in recent years and made it to the top detections list.